To Laugh, If But For An Instant

Example Is The Softest And Least Invidious Way Of Commanding.

The World, And Whatever That Be Which We Call The Heavens, By The Vault Of Which All Things Are Enclosed, We Must Conceive To Be A Deity, To Be Eternal, Without Bounds, Neither Created Nor Subject At Any Time To Destruction. To Inquire What Is Beyond It Is No Concern Of Man; Nor Can The Human Mind Form Any Conjecture Concerning It.

It Is Generally Much More Shameful To Lose A Good Reputation Than Never To Have Acquired It.

War Should Neither Be Feared Nor Provoked.

In These Matters The Only Certainty Is That Nothing Is Certain.