Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.
I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person
God created women only to tame men.
Love is a cloth which imagination embroiders.
The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.