It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.
He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it
The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.
Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.