Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.