Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.
I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
She wavers, she hesitates; in one word — she is a woman.
If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.
It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.