To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
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.
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
The compulsion of fate is bitter.
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.