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.

In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

[Dom Juan] believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.

Love is often the fruit of marriage.