Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.