The Conscience Of The Dying Belies Their

The Shortness Of Life Cannot Dissuade Us From Its Pleasures, Nor Console Us For Its Pains.

Constancy Is The Chimera Of Love.

Everyone Is Born Sincere And Dies Deceivers.

A Man Can Hardly Be Said To Have Made A Fortune If He Does Not Know How To Enjoy It.

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.