Man Is Free; But Not Unless He

By Recollecting The Pleasures I Have Had Formerly, I Renew Them, I Enjoy Them A Second Time, While I Laugh At The Remembrance Of Troubles Now Past, And Which I No Longer Feel.

God Ceases To Be God Only For Those Who Can Admit The Possibility Of His Non-existence, And That Conception Is In Itself The Most Severe Punishment They Can Suffer.

As For Myself, I Always Willingly Acknowledge My Own Self As The Principal Cause Of Every Good And Of Every Evil Which May Befall Me; Therefore, I Have Always Found Myself Capable Of Being My Own Pupil, And Ready To Love My Teacher.

Hope Is Nothing But A Deceitful Flatterer Accepted By Reason Only Because It Is Often In Need Of Palliatives.

I Have Always Loved Truth So Passionately That I Have Often Resorted To Lying As A Way Of Introducing It Into The Minds Which Were Ignorant Of Its Charms.