Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.
To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.
Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.
Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season, When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason, Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust, And for an idle, transitory gust Of gratified revenge, dooms us to pay With long repentance at a later day.