Fools are apt to imitate only the defects of their betters.
Don't set your wit against a child.
An intelligent person should put money in the beginning, but not in heart
The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.
A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.