Marriage Is The Tomb Of

Thence, I Suppose, My Natural Disposition To Make Fresh Acquaintances, And To Break With Them So Readily, Although Always For A Good Reason, And Never Through Mere Fickleness.

As For Myself, I Always Willingly Acknowledge My Own Self As The Principal Cause Of Every Good And Of Every Evil Which May Befall Me; Therefore, I Have Always Found Myself Capable Of Being My Own Pupil, And Ready To Love My Teacher.

Cultivating Whatever Gave Pleasure To My Senses Was Always The Chief Business Of My Life; I Have Never Found Any Occupation More Important. Feeling That I Was Born For The Sex Opposite Mine, I Have Always Loved It And Done All That I Could To Make Myself Loved By It. I Have Also Been Extravagantly Fond Of Good Food And Irresistibly Drawn By Anything Which Could Excite Curiosity.

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.

I Am Bound To Add That The Excess In Too Little Has Ever Proved In Me More Dangerous Than The Excess In Too Much; The Last May Cause Indigestion, But The First Causes Death.