The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.

Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

The vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.

The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.