The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

The daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.

It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.