He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.

'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

It is best to know the worst at once.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.