The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.
The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.
It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.