It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally.