To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, it was by taking to his heels in time.