They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry