Custom Determines What Is Agreeable.

The Charm Of Fame Is So Great That We Like Every Object To Which It Is Attached, Even Death.

We Do Not Worry About Being Respected In Towns Through Which We Pass. But If We Are Going To Remain In One For A Certain Time, We Do Worry. How Long Does This Time Have To Be?

What Matters It That Man Should Have A Little More Knowledge Of The Universe? If He Has It, He Gets Little Higher. Is He Not Always Infinitely Removed From The End, And Is Not The Duration Of Our Life Equally Removed From Eternity, Even If It Lasts Ten Years Longer?

The Struggle Alone Pleases Us, Not The Victory.

Now, If The Passions Had No Hold On Us, A Week And A Hundred Years Would Amount To The Same.