The Beginning, As The Proverb Says, Is

And So Long As They Were At War, Their Power Was Preserved, But When They Had Attained Empire They Fell, For Of The Arts Of Peace They Knew Nothing, And Had Never Engaged In Any Employment Higher Than War.

Happiness Depends Upon Ourselves.

Purpose Is A Desire For Something In Our Own Power, Coupled With An Investigation Into Its Means.

Property Should Be In A General Sense Common, But As A General Rule Private... In Well-ordered States, Although Every Man Has His Own Property, Some Things He Will Place At The Disposal Of His Friends, While Of Others He Shares The Use Of Them.

Either A Beast Or A God.