Every man is his own greatest dupe.

Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

Nemesis is one of God's handmaids.

God's mills grind slow, But they grind woe.

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.