Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.