Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry
In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.