"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.

In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.