Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history; for, even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.

Little leaks sink the ship.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

A good example is the best sermon.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise