One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.

Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground

Surfeits of happiness are fatal.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.