Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.