Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
Liberty is the right not to lie.
A fate is not a punishment.
The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.
The future is the only transcendental value for men without God.
Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty.