There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
Music and dance are all you need.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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.