As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.

A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.

The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.

Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impudence.

We should do by our cunning as we do by our courage--always have it ready to defend ourselves, never to offend others.

We laugh heartily to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that superior beings do the same, and for exactly the same reason?

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.