Wise People Have An Inward Sense Of

Everything That Depends On The Action Of Nature Is By Nature As Good As It Can Be.

Those Whose Days Are Consumed In The Low Pursuits Of Avarice, Or The Gaudy Frivolties Of Fashion, Unobservant Of Nature's Lovelinessof Demarcation, Nor On Which Side Thereof An Intermediate Form Should Lie.

By 'life,' We Mean A Thing That Can Nourish Itself And Grow And Decay.

If They Do Not Share Equally Enjoyments And Toils, Those Who Labor Much And Get Little Will Necessarily Complain Of Those Who Labor Little And Receive Or Consume Much. But Indeed There Is Always A Difficulty In Men Living Together And Having All Human Relations In Common, But Especially In Their Having Common Property.

For This Reason Poetry Is Something More Philosophical And More Worthy Of Serious Attention Than History.