Assassination's the fastest way.
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
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.
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.