It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.
Assassination's the fastest way.
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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.
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.