It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.