"Only by weighing a thing, can you know its weight; and only by measuring it, can you know its length. It is so with all things, and especially so with your heart. I beg Your Majesty to measure your own heart.

By weighing, we know what things are light, and what heavy. By measuring, we know what things are long, and what short. The relations of all things may be thus determined, and it is of the greatest importance to estimate the motions of the mind. I beg your Majesty to measure it.

When we have weighed a thing we know whether it is light or heavy, when we have measured it we know whether it is long or short. It is so with everything, and most of all with the heart. King, pray measure it.

"To know whether something is light or heavy, you must weigh it. To know whether something is long or short, you must measure it. It’s like this for all things, and especially for the heart. If only you would measure yours.

Weigh things, and you know what is heavy and light. Measure things, and you know what is short and long. This must be done with all things; and of how much more importance is mind ! I beg your majesty to measure it.