Reflection Is A Flower Of The Mind,

By Identifying The New Learning With Heresy, You Make Orthodoxy Synonymous With Ignorance.

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?

It Is Wisdom In Prosperity, When All Is As Thou Wouldn't Have It, To Fear And Suspect The Worst.

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.

Anything Which Causes Trouble Has Special Merit In Their Eyes.