. . . The State Of Things

Every Man Has By The Law Of Nature A Right To Such A Waste Portion Of The Earth As Is Necessary For His Subsistence.

See Me Safe Up: For In My Coming Down, I Can Shift For Myself.

The Most Part Of All Princes Have More Delight In Warlike Manners And Feats Of Chivalry Than In The Good Feats Of Peace.

Nor Can They Understand Why A Totally Useless Substance Like Gold Should Now, All Over The World, Be Considered Far More Important Than Human Beings, Who Gave It Such Value As It Has, Purely For Their Own Convenience.

If We Lived In A State Where Virtue Was Profitable, Common Sense Would Make Us Saintly. But Since We See That Avarice, Anger, Pride And Stupidity Commonly Profit Far Beyond Charity, Modesty, Justice And Thought, Perhaps We Must Stand Fast A Little, Even At The Risk Of Being Heroes.