Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.