There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.
Begin with another's to end with your own.
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.