They terrify lest they should fear.

Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.

In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.

In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go ashore unnoticed by the guards. Its winter is mild because it is enclosed by a range of mountains which keeps out the fierce temperature; its summer is unequal. The open sea is very pleasant and it has a view of a beautiful bay.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.