Magnanimity Will Not Consider The Prudence Of

One Promises Much, To Avoid Giving Little.

Activity Makes More Men's Fortunes Than Cautiousness.

Necessity Relieves Us From The Embarrassment Of Choice.

Our Errors And Our Controversies, In The Sphere Of Morality, Arise Sometimes From Looking On Men As Though They Could Be Altogether Bad, Or Altogether Good.

With Kings, Nations, And Private Individuals, The Strongest Assume To Themselves Rights Over The Weakest, And The Same Rule Is Followed By Animals, By Matter, By The Elements, So That Everything Is Performed In The Universe By Violence. And That Order Which We Blame With Some Appearance Of Justice Is The Most Universal, Most Absolute, Most Unchangeable, And Most Ancient Law Of Nature.