Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
It is difficult not to write satire.
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
