God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
I felt before I thought
The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining.
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
The landscapist lives in silence.
The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.