As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.
Consciousness of our strength increases it.
The idle always have a mind to do something.
It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men.
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.