Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.