“ ...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime. ”
You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.
~ Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos
I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness, but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.
Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.
Don't you remember that love, like medicine, is only the art of encouraging nature?
