Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.