[h]appy Or Miserable, Life Is The Only

If I Had Married A Woman Intelligent Enough To Guide Me, To Rule Me Without My Feeling That I Was Ruled, I Should Have Taken Good Care Of My Money, I Should Have Had Children, And I Should Not Be, As Now I Am, Alone In The World And Possessing Nothing.

The Story She Had Told Me Was Possible, But It Was Not Believable.

I Have Always Loved Truth So Passionately That I Have Often Resorted To Lying As A Way Of Introducing It Into The Minds Which Were Ignorant Of Its Charms.

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.

From That Moment Our Love Became Sad, And Sadness Is A Disease Which Gives The Death-blow To Affection.