So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

Vicious habits are so great a stain to human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuated by right reason would avoid them, though he were sure they would be always concealed both from God and man, and had no future punishment entailed upon them.

While there's life, there's hope.