Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.

Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.

Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard of rectitude, and be more indebted to the severity of your own judgment of yourself than to all external percepts. Desist from unseemly conduct, rather out of respect for your own virtue than for the strictures of external authority.

Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.