Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
Evil report carries further than any applause.
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.
The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease spreads to the mouth, your reputation will be in danger.