Nowadays The Rage For Possession Has Got

Everyone Knows That By Far The Happiest And Universally Enjoyable Age Of Man Is The First. What Is There About Babies Which Makes Us Hug And Kiss And Fondle Them, So That Even An Enemy Would Give Them Help At That Age?

[only By] The Good Influence Of Our Conduct May We Bring Salvation In Human Affairs; Or Like A Fatal Comet We May Bring Destruction In Our Train.

Jupiter, Not Wanting Man's Life To Be Wholly Gloomy And Grim, Has Bestowed Far More Passion Than Reason --you Could Reckon The Ration As Twenty-four To One. Moreover, He Confined Reason To A Cramped Corner Of The Head And Left All The Rest Of The Body To The Passions.

There Are Some Whose Only Reason For Inciting War Is To Use It As A Means To Exercise Their Tyranny Over Their Subjects More Easily. For In Times Of Peace The Authority Of The Assembly, The Dignity Of The Magistrates, The Force Of The Laws Stand In The Way To Some Extent Of The Ruler Doing What He Likes. But Once War Is Declared Then The Whole Business Of State Is Subject To The Will Of A Few ... They Demand As Much Money As They Like. Why Say More?

Fools Are Without Number.