She would lay down her life for me; I would resign my life for her; but I would never sacrifice my duty to her.

In spite of the malignant libels of the aristocrats, I shall go every day at breakfast-time to taste the charms of the purest friendship in her society.

She comes to hear me preach! Yes, no doubt of it; no one knows better than herself the sincerity with which I believe in the truths I profess.

She comes to the assemblies of the Hotel-de-Ville! Yes, no doubt of it: it is because she is convinced that patriotism is a second religion, that no hypocrisy is in my soul, and that my life is really devoted to God, to my country, and friendship." "And you dare to assert that you are chaste," retorted the faithful and indignant priests, by the Abbe de Valmeron.

"How absurd! Chaste, at the moment when you confess the most unpardonable inclinations; when you attract a woman from the bed of her husband--her duties as a mother--when you take about every where this infatuated female, attached to your footsteps, in order to display her ostentatiously to the public gaze! And who follow, sir! A troop of ruffians and abandoned women.
Worthy pastor of this foul populace, which celebrates your pastoral visit by the only rejoicings that can give you pleasure--your progress is marked by every excess of rapine and debauchery." These bitter reproaches resounded in the provinces, and caused great excitement.