I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.
Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.