Clearness Ornaments Profound Thoughts.

We Should Expect The Best And The Worst From Mankind As From The Weather.

To Withdraw Ourselves From The Law Of The Strong, We Have Found Ourselves Obliged To Submit To Justice. Justice Or Might, We Must Choose Between These Two Masters.

Hope Animates The Wise, And Lures The Presumptuous And Indolent Who Repose Inconsiderately On Her Promises.

As Soon As An Opinion Becomes Common It Is Sufficient Reason For Men To Abandon It And To Uphold The Opposite Opinion Until That In Its Turn Grows Old, And They Require To Distinguish Themselves By Other Things. Thus If They Attain Their Goal In Some Art Or Science, We Must Expect Them Soon To Cast It Aside To Acquire Some Fresh Fame, And This Is Partly The Reason Why The Most Splendid Ages Degenerate So Quickly, And, Scarcely Emerged From Barbarism, Plunge Into It Again.

The Counsels Of Old Age Give Light Without Heat, Like The Sun In Winter.