Rule2。Theapparentmischievousnessoftheactbeinggiven，aman\'sdispositionisthemoredepraved，theslighterthetemptationisbywhichhehasbeenovercome。
Thus，itshowsamoredepravedanddangerousdisposition，ifamankillanotheroutofmeresport，astheEmperorofMorocco，MuleyMahomet，issaidtohavedonegreatnumbers，thanoutofrevenge，asSyllaandMariusdidthousands，orintheviewofself-preservation，asAugustuskilledmany，orevenforlucre，asthesameEmperorissaidtohavekilledsome。Andtheeffectsofsuchadepravity，onthatpartofthepublicwhichisapprisedofit，runinthesameproportion。FromAugustus，somepersonsonlyhadtofear，undersomeparticularcircumstances。
FromMuleyMahomet，everymanhadtofearatalltimes。
Rule3。Theapparentmischievousnessoftheactbeinggiven，theevidencewhichitaffordsofthedepravityofaman\'sdispositionisthelessconclusive，thestrongerthetemptationisbywhichhehasbeenovercome。
Thus，ifapoorman，whoisreadytodiewithhunger，stealaloafofbread，itisalessexplicitsignofdepravity，thanifarichmanweretocommitathefttothesameamount。Itwillbeobserved，thatinthisruleallthatissaidis，thattheevidenceofdepravityisinthiscasethelessconclusive:itisnotsaidthatthedepravityispositivelytheless。Forinthiscaseitispossible，foranythingthatappearstothecontrary，thatthetheftmighthavebeencommitted，evenhadthetemptationbeennotsostrong。Inthiscase，thealleviatingcircumstanceisonlyamatterofpresumption；