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In Vain Do We Seek Tranquility In The Desert; Temptations Are Always With Us; Our Passions, Represented By The Demons, Never Let Us Alone: Those Monsters Created By The Heart, Those Illusions Produced By The Mind, Those Vain Specters That Are Our Errors And Our Lies Always Appear Before Us To Seduce Us; They Attack Us Even In Our Fasting Or Our Mortifications, In Other Words, In Our Very Strength.

Laws, In Their Most General Signification, Are The Necessary Relations Derived From The Nature Of Things.

It Is Not The Young People That Degenerate; They Are Not Spoiled Till Those Of Mature Age Are Already Sunk Into Corruption.

The Life Of Man Is But A Succession Of Vain Hopes And Groundless Fears.

At Our Coming Into The World We Contract An Immense Debt To Our Country, Which We Can Never Discharge.