We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.
The older a fool is, the worse he is.
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.
It is easier for a man to be thought fit for an employment that he has not, than for one he stands already possessed of, and is exercising.