I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: "Well, let them eat cake". - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Young teacher, I am setting before you a difficult task, the art of controlling without precepts, and doing everything without doing anything at all. This art is, I confess, beyond your years, it is not calculated to display your talents nor to make your value known to your scholar's parents; but it is the only road to success.

Luați femeia cea mai cuminte, cea mai înțeleaptă, cea mai puțin stăpânită de simțuri; crima cea mai de neiertat pe care un bărbat, căruia chiar dacă îi dă prea puțină atenție, poate să o săvârșească față de ea, este de a putea să o aibă și a nu o face.

I will explain myself; but this will be to take the most useless, most superfluous precaution; for everything that I will tell you could only be understood by those who do not need to be told