When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs.
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
The truth is always the strongest argument.
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.