The Tempests Of Youth Are Mingled With

Great Men In Teaching Weak Men To Reflect Have Set Them On The Road To Error.

Neither The Gifts Nor The Blows Of Fortune Equal Those Of Nature.

Glory Fills The World With Virtue, And, Like A Beneficent Sun, Covers The Whole Earth With Flowers And With Fruits.

A New Principle Is An Inexhaustible Source Of New Views.

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.