The Public Business Must Be Carried On

Although Born In A Prosperous Realm, We Did Not Believe That Its Boundaries Should Limit Our Knowledge, And That The Lore Of The East Should Alone Enlighten Us.

I Have Always Observed That To Succeed In The World One Should Seem A Fool, But Be Wise.

In Vain Do We Seek Tranquility In The Desert; Temptations Are Always With Us; Our Passions, Represented By The Demons, Never Let Us Alone: Those Monsters Created By The Heart, Those Illusions Produced By The Mind, Those Vain Specters That Are Our Errors And Our Lies Always Appear Before Us To Seduce Us; They Attack Us Even In Our Fasting Or Our Mortifications, In Other Words, In Our Very Strength.

A Really Intelligent Man Feels What Other Men Only Know.

The Crime Against Nature Will Never Make Any Great Progress In Society Unless People Are Prompted To It By Some Particular Custom.