Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

She abounds with lucious faults.