It Is Folly Alone That

Retain The Wind By Compressing The Belly.

God Has Administered To Us Of The Present Age, A Bitter Draught And A Harsh Physician, On Account Of Our Abounding Infirmities.

Providence Has Decreed That Those Common Acquisitions, Money, Gems, Plate, Noble Mansions, And Dominion, Should Be Sometimes Bestowed On The Indolent And Unworthy; But Those Things Which Constitute Our True Riches, And Which Are Properly Our Own, Must Be Procured By Our Own Labor.

Human Affairs Are So Obscure And Various That Nothing Can Be Clearly Known.

There Are Some Whose Only Reason For Inciting War Is To Use It As A Means To Exercise Their Tyranny Over Their Subjects More Easily. For In Times Of Peace The Authority Of The Assembly, The Dignity Of The Magistrates, The Force Of The Laws Stand In The Way To Some Extent Of The Ruler Doing What He Likes. But Once War Is Declared Then The Whole Business Of State Is Subject To The Will Of A Few ... They Demand As Much Money As They Like. Why Say More?