Very Good Laws May Be Ill Timed.

A Man Who Writes Well Writes Not As Others Write, But As He Himself Writes; It Is Often In Speaking Badly That He Speaks Well.

With Truths Of A Certain Kind, It Is Not Enough To Make Them Appear Convincing: One Must Also Make Them Felt. Of Such Kind Are Moral Truths.

The Majority Of Men Are More Capable Of Great Actions Than Of Good Ones.

In Vain Do We Seek Tranquility In The Desert; Temptations Are Always With Us; Our Passions, Represented By The Demons, Never Let Us Alone: Those Monsters Created By The Heart, Those Illusions Produced By The Mind, Those Vain Specters That Are Our Errors And Our Lies Always Appear Before Us To Seduce Us; They Attack Us Even In Our Fasting Or Our Mortifications, In Other Words, In Our Very Strength.

When Virtue Is Banished, Ambition Invades The Minds Of Those Who Are Disposed To Receive It And Avarice Possesses The Whole Community.