I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.
There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.
He who can simulate sanity will be sane.
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.