Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature.

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Nothing made the horse so fat as the king's eye.

The authors of great evils know best how to remove them.

For the wise man, every day is a festival.

We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.

Neither blame or praise yourself.