Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.

There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own simplicity.

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

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.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.