The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty

We Ought To Be Guarded Against Every Appearance Of Envy, As A Passion That Always Implies Inferiority Wherever It Resides.

Nature Makes Us Buy Her Presents At The Price Of So Many Sufferings That It Is Doubtful Whether She Deserves Most The Name Of Parent Or Stepmother.

Compassion And Shame Come Over One Who Considers How Precarious Is The Origin Of The Proudest Of Living Beings: Often The Smell Of A Lately Extinguished Lamp Is Enough To Cause A Miscarriage. And To Think That From Such A Frail Beginning A Tyrant Or Butcher May Be Born! You Who Trust In Your Physical Strength, Who Embrace The Gifts Of Fortune And Consider Yourself Not Their Ward But Their Son, You Who Have A Domineering Spirit, You Who Consider Yourself A God As Soon As Success Swells Your Breast, Think How Little Could Have Destroyed You!

God Has No Power Over The Past Except To Cover It With Oblivion.

The Enjoyments Of This Life Are Not Equal To Its Evils.