I will maintain it before the whole world.

The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.