Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart.
In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.
Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.
All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.
the modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.