Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another.

By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.

I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. . . . . My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend friend is worse.