Necessity Is A Violent School-mistress.

Since We Cannot Match It Let Us Take Our Revenge By Abusing It.

How Many Quarrels, And How Important, Has The Doubt As To The Meaning Of This Syllable "hoc" Produced For The World!

The Honor We Receive From Those That Fear Us, Is Not Honor; Those Respects Are Paid To Royalty And Not To Me.

For Truth Itself Does Not Have The Privilege To Be Employed At Any Time And In Every Way; Its Use, Noble As It Is, Has Its Circumscriptions And Limits.

The Laws Of Conscience, Which We Pretend To Be Derived From Nature, Proceed From Custom.