[h]appy Or Miserable, Life Is

Cheating Is A Sin, But Honest Cunning Is Simply Prudence. It Is A Virtue. To Be Sure, It Has A Likeness To Roguery, But That Cannot Be Helped. He Who Has Not Learned To Practice It Is A Fool.

Love Is Only A Feeling Of Curiousity More Or Less Intense, Grafted Upon The Inclination Placed In Us By Nature That The Species May Be Preserved.

When A Sonnet Is Mediocre It Is Bad, For It Should Be Sublime.

Desires Are But Pain And Torment, And Enjoyment Is Sweet Because It Delivers Us From Them.

When You Fool A Fool You Strike A Blow For Intelligence.