Juliette

She who prizes her good reputation is subject to at least as many torments as she who behaves neglectfully of it: the first lives in unceasing dread of losing what is precious to her, the other trembles before the prospects opened up by her own carelessness.

is not at all times and everywhere the same, but rather almost always the

direct product of a given society’s manners and of a particular climate and geography

For the human conscience

scorn for public opinion

The fundamental tenet of my philosophy,

when one has discharged abundantly, what one has expended must be replenished.”

she was less plump

man only faithfully observed Nature’s promptings, he would never have fallen subject to modesty