Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.
Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.
The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts.
But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.