It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.
The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.
The workmanship was better than the subject matter.
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.
I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.