Man Never Rises To Great Truths Without

No One Likes To Be Pitied For His Faults.

It Is Good To Be Firm By Temperament And Pliant By Reflection.

Reason Deceives Us More Often Than Does Nature.

If Passion Sometimes Counsels Greater Boldness Than Does Reflection, It Gives More Strength To Execute It.

With Kings, Nations, And Private Individuals, The Strongest Assume To Themselves Rights Over The Weakest, And The Same Rule Is Followed By Animals, By Matter, By The Elements, So That Everything Is Performed In The Universe By Violence. And That Order Which We Blame With Some Appearance Of Justice Is The Most Universal, Most Absolute, Most Unchangeable, And Most Ancient Law Of Nature.