Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.
A pedant holds more to instruct us with what he knows, than of what we are ignorant.
It is easy to be virtuous in prospective.