We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.

There is no evil without its compensation.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.