EP1 - Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times. EP2 - There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. EP3 - The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. EP4 - The material has to be created. EP5 - Every failure is a step to success. EP6 - Adversity is the first path to truth. EP7 - To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. EP8 - The wound is at her heart. EP9 - If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. EP10 - People, often deceived by an illusive good, desire their own ruin. EP11 - A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave. EP12 - Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. EP13 - The worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself.