Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.
A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.
Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.