The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.
Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.