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.

Dear to the heart of a girl is her own beauty and charm.

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

We two are to ourselves a crowd.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.