The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.

The personal pronoun "I" should be the coat of arms of some individuals.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Women read each other at a single glance.

There is even the dignity of vice.

There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.

The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.