It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.