Ah! Devout Though I May Be, I

You Have But To Hold Forth In Cap And Gown, And Any Gibberish Becomes Learning, All Nonsense Passes For Sense.

Assassination's The Fastest Way.

You Are My Peace, My Solace, My Salvation.

What! Would You Make No Distinction Between Hypocrisy And Devotion? Would You Give Them The Same Names, And Respect The Mask As You Do The Face? Would You Equate Artifice And Sincerity? Confound Appearance With Truth? Regard The Phantom As The Very Person? Value Counterfeit As Cash?

Hypocrisy Is A Fashionable Vice, And All Fashionable Vices Pass For Virtue.