Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.