The Thing Is To Dazzle

I Saw That Everything Famous And Beautiful In The World, If We Judge By The Descriptions And Drawings Of Writers And Artists, Always Loses When We Go To See It And Examine It Closely.

Cultivating Whatever Gave Pleasure To My Senses Was Always The Chief Business Of My Life; I Have Never Found Any Occupation More Important. Feeling That I Was Born For The Sex Opposite Mine, I Have Always Loved It And Done All That I Could To Make Myself Loved By It. I Have Also Been Extravagantly Fond Of Good Food And Irresistibly Drawn By Anything Which Could Excite Curiosity.

I Have Often Met With Happiness After Some Imprudent Step Which Ought To Have Brought Ruin Upon Me, And Although Passing A Vote Of Censure Upon Myself I Would Thank God For His Mercy.

Man Is Free; But Not Unless He Believes He Is[.]

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.