Haste trips up its own heels, fetters and stops itself.

Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

What if a man save my life with a draught that was prepared to poison me? The providence of the issue does not at all discharge the obliquity of the intent. And the same reason holds good even in religion itself. It is not the incense, or the offering that is acceptable to God, but the purity and devotion of the worshipper.

Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.