Even they who have sold their modesty blush to appear to have done so. But that public prodigy is transacted in the sight of all, and the obscenity of prostitutes is surpassed. A method is sought to commit adultery with the eyes. Whatever is not lawful is so beloved, that what had even been lost sight of by the lapse of time is brought back again into the recollection of the eyes. It is not sufficient for lust to make use of its present means of mischief, unless by the exhibition it makes its own that in which a former age had also gone wrong.
Man lying below man is enfolded in abominable embraces and twinings.
In such a contest, whether a man looks on or conquers, still his modesty is conquered. This is not glory, but folly. In fine, take away the spectator, and you will have shown its emptiness. We quickly get accustomed to what we hear and what we see. Therefore the mind must be called away from such things as these.