[71] P. 44, l. 14. They are, etc.—Compare Montaigne, Essais, i, 38.
[72] P. 46, l. 7. Those who write, etc.—A thought of Cicero in Pro Archia, mentioned by Montaigne, Essais, i, 41.
[73] P. 47, l. 3. Ferox gens.—Livy, xxxiv, 17. Montaigne, Essais, i, 40.
[74] P. 47, l. 5. Every opinion, etc.—Montaigne, ibid.
[75] P. 47, l. 12. 184.—This is a reference to Montaigne, Essais, i, 40. See also ibid., iii, 10.
[76] P. 48, l. 8. I know not what (Corneille).—See Médée, II, vi, and Rodogune, I, v.
[77] P. 48, l. 22. In omnibus requiem quæsivi.—Eccles. xxiv, II, in the Vulgate.
[78] P. 50, l. 5. The future alone is our end.—Montaigne, Essais, i, 3.
[79] P. 50, l. 14. Solomon.—Considered by Pascal as the author of Ecclesiastes.
[80] P. 50, l. 20. Unconscious of approaching fever.—Compare Montaigne, Essais, i, 19.