Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.

As many servants so many enemies.

There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

No crime has been without a precedent.