Disgrace Does Not Consist In The Punishment,

For One To Grasp, Whatever Be His Object, Sov'reign Power ... Is An Act Of Perilous Presumption.

The Guilty Is He Who Meditates A Crime; The Punishment Is His Who Lays The Plot.

Heaven Takes Care That No Man Secures Happiness By Crime.

Sometimes Blood, For The Sake Of Sparing It, Is Spilled.

To Err Is Human; But Contrition Felt For The Crime Distinguishes The Virtuous From The Wicked.