Don't abuse people save to their faces, but don't spare any one then.

Remember that a biting epigram is the best loved form of wit among us Sodomites.

We love it for its own sake, but more for the pain it gives the other fellow.

We like to see him squirm, and we have many a joyous hour over our friends' misfortunes.
Turn yourself into a mental bodkin, and you will find favor among us, for it is better to be feared than loved in our happy family." "Ah, how beautiful!" cried Lady Wentworth, determined to be heard, even though never addressed.
"But as I have said," continued the duchess, "try, if you can, to be novel, and be a bodkin only to the victim's face, save, of course, in the case of a new bit of racy scandal.

That must be used to the greatest advantage as soon as possible, for scandal, like unsalted butter, will not keep." The duchess laughed, as though speaking in jest, but she was in earnest and spoke the truth.
"But I must learn the current faults of my friends-to-be," suggested Frances, laughing, "so that I may not fall into the unpardonable error of repeating an old story.