There is even the dignity of vice.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

There is even the dignity of vice.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

Reason is an historian, but the passions are actors.

There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.