Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.
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.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.