It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.