Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.
Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.