 Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. |
| A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. |
| To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. |
| The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. |
| Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind. |
| They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed. |
| Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. |
| The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent. |
