Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

A pedant holds more to instruct us with what he knows, than of what we are ignorant.

It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.

There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman.

Without big words, how could many people say small things?

Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.

That experience which does not make us better makes us worse.