Whether Happy Or Unhappy, Life Is The

When A Man Gets It Into His Head To Do Something, And When He Exclusively Occupies Himself In That Design, He Must Succeed, Whatever The Difficulties. That Man Will Become Grand Vizier Or Pope.

We Ourselve Are The Authors Of Almost All Our Woes And Griefs, Of Which We So Unreasonably Complain.

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.

The Raging Fire Which Urged Us On Was Scorching Us; It Would Have Burned Us Had We Failed To Restrain It.

I Have Loved Women Even To Madness, But I Have Always Loved Liberty Better.