To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust.The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place.Where there is no common power, there is no law: where no law, no injustice.
Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life.
The past is not a burden, but a foundation upon which to build.