"Oh, absolutely," Duke couldn't help but snort at her arrogant words. He didn't know her well enough to say if her philosophy would be excellent by nature, but he could at least say that trying things was the best way to find the things most worth living for.
"Hah," he laughed heartily at everything else she said, mostly because it was kind of ridiculous. While Duke wouldn't appreciate such views, he hardly thought they were much of a problem. Mostly, he just didn't care about anything enough for it to really affect him. And if he did, he changed it so that he could continue being happy.
"The alcohol might just make you forget how bad the image is. Might, y'know, wake up next to it," he shrugged, giving her a grin that said he was being just as playful.