Propriety Is The Least Of All Laws,

No Matter How Brilliant An Action, It Should Not Be Considered Great Unless It Was The Result Of A Great Motive.

It Is A Common Fault Never To Be Satisfied With Our Fortune, Nor Dissatisfied With Our Understanding.

Whatever Pretended Causes We May Blame Our Afflictions Upon, It Is Often Nothing But Self-interest And Vanity That Produce Them.

There Are Crimes Which Become Innocent And Even Glorious Through Their Splendor, Number And Excess.

The Prospect Of Being Pleased Tomorrow Will Never Console Me For The Boredom Of Today.