Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.