I Have Lived As A Philosopher And

Desires Are But Pain And Torment, And Enjoyment Is Sweet Because It Delivers Us From Them.

My Success And My Misfortunes, The Bright And The Dark Days I Have Gone Through, Everything Has Proved To Me That In This World, Either Physical Or Moral, Good Comes Out Of Evil Just As Well As Evil Comes Out Of Good.

The History Of My Life Must Begin By The Earliest Circumstance Which My Memory Can Evoke It Will Therefore Commence When I Had Attained The Age Of Eight Years And Four Months.

When A Sonnet Is Mediocre It Is Bad, For It Should Be Sublime.

Cheating Is A Sin, But Honest Cunning Is Simply Prudence. It Is A Virtue. To Be Sure, It Has A Likeness To Roguery, But That Cannot Be Helped. He Who Has Not Learned To Practice It Is A Fool.