If I And My Two Children Cannot

I, Who Have Never Willfully Pained Another, Have No Business To Pain Myself.

Find Joy In Simplicity, Self-respect, And Indifference To What Lies Between Virtue And Vice. Love The Human Race. Follow The Divine.

As For Literature, Thefts Cannot Harm It, While The Lapse Of Ages Augments Its Value

Waste Not The Remnant Of Thy Life In Those Imaginations Touching Other Folk, Whereby Thou Contributest Not To The Common Weal.

My City And State Are Rome. But As A Human Being? The World. So For Me, "good" Can Only Mean What's Good For Both Communities.