Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.
We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.