IT’S A DANGEROUS THING THAT CONSCIOUSNESS MAKES EVERYONE A COWARD. A MAN CANNOT STEAL UNLESS HE IS ACCUSED; A MAN CANNOT SWEAR IN NEED UNLESS HE IS GREEDY; A MAN CANNOT SEDUCE HIS NEIGHBOUR’S WIFE UNLESS SHE BETRAYS HIM. IT IS A KIND OF LEPRECHAUN WITH A SHY FOREHEAD AND ALWAYS READY TO BLUSH THAT REVOLTS IN OUR MIDST. IT CREATES A THOUSAND OBSTACLES TO YOUR PROJECTS. IT REDUCES TO BEGGING THOSE WHO LISTEN TO IT; IT IS THEREFORE BANISHED FROM ALL CITIES AND CITIES AS A PERNICIOUS ENEMY; AND ANY MAN WHO WANTS TO LIVE AT EASE MAKES HIS BEST EFFORTS TO RELATE ONLY TO HIMSELFAND TO DO WITHOUT IT.