It Is Not Necessity But

There Are Some Defeats More Triumphant Than Victories.

As Soon As Women Become Ours We Are No Longer Theirs.

Such As Are In Immediate Fear Of A Losing Their Estates, Of Banishment, Or Of Slavery, Live In Perpetual Anguish, And Lose All Appetite And Repose; Whereas Such As Are Actually Poor, Slaves, Or Exiles, Ofttimes Live As Merrily As Other Folk.

If Virtue Cannot Shine Bright, But By The Conflict Of Contrary Appetites, Shall We Then Say That She Cannot Subsist Without The Assistance Of Vice, And That It Is From Her That She Derives Her Reputation And Honor?

Nature Should Have Been Pleased To Have Made This Age Miserable, Without Making It Also Ridiculous.