The Secret To Fencing Consists In Two

Debts Are Nowadays Like Children Begot With Pleasure, But Brought Forth In Pain.

The Proof Of True Love Is To Be Unsparing In Criticism.

And With His Arms Crossed He Looks Pityingly Down From His Spiritual Height On Everything That Anyone Says.

Betrayed And Wronged In Everything, I’ll Flee This Bitter World Where Vice Is King, And Seek Some Spot Unpeopled And Apart Where I’ll Be Free To Have An Honest Heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope

Isn't The Greatest Rule Of All The Rules Simply To Please?