To Become Truly Great, One Has To

The Severity Of The Laws Prevents Their Execution.

It Is Necessary From The Very Nature Of Things That Power Should Be A Check To Power.

Brutes Are Deprived Of The High Advantages Which We Have; But They Have Some Which We Have Not. They Have Not Our Hopes, But Theyare Without Our Fears; They Are Subject Like Us To Death, But Without Knowing It; Even Most Of Them Are More Attentive Than We To Self-preservation, And Do Not Make So Bad A Use Of Their Passions.

The False Notion Of Miracles Comes Of Our Vanity, Which Makes Us Believe We Are Important Enough For The Supreme Being To Upset Nature On Our Behalf.

I Have Read Descriptions Of Paradise That Would Make Any Sensible Person Stop Wanting To Go There.