Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.
Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
Only free men are thoroughly grateful one to another.
Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
I shall consider human actions and desires in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes and solids.