[62] P. 33, l. 13. Alexander's chastity.—Pascal apparently has in mind Alexander's treatment of Darius's wife and daughters after the battle of Issus.
[63] P. 34, l. 17. Lustravit lampade terras.—Part of Cicero's translation of two lines from Homer, Odyssey, xviii, 136. Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.
Tales sunt hominum mentes, quali pater ipse
Jupiter auctiferas lustravit lampade terras.
[64] P. 34, l. 32. Nature gives, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, i, 19.
[65] P. 37, l. 23. Our nature consists, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, iii, 13.
[66] P. 38, l. 1. Weariness.—Compare Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.
[67] P. 38, l. 8. Cæsar was too old, etc.—See Montaigne, Essais, ii, 34.
[68] P. 38, l. 30. A mere trifle, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, iii, 4.
[69] P. 40, l. 21. Advice given to Pyrrhus.—Ibid., i, 42.
[70] P. 41, l. 2. They do not know, etc.—Ibid., i, 19.