I trust no man. I can read lies in their
faces, I see intrigue in their protestations. Their eyes, their
mouths, their hands, their whole body lies. Suspicion poisons
every thought I have. I was intended for a quieter existence.
I love men, and I wish to believe in them. But how can I, when
I see them perjure themselves ten times a day, sell themselves,
their friends, their armies, their Patrie, for motives
of fear, or ambition, or viciousness, or malevolence pure and
simple? I have seen Mirabeau, Lafayette, Dumouriez, Custine,
the king, the aristocrats, the Girondins,