Ability Wins Us The Esteem Of The

The Vices Enter Into The Composition Of The Virtues, As Poisons Into That Of Medicines. Prudence Collects And Arranges Them, And Uses Them Beneficially Against The Ills Of Life.

Hypocrisy Is The Homage Vice Pays To Virtue.

Those Who Are Overreached By Our Cunning Are Far From Appearing To Us As Ridiculous As We Appear To Ourselves When The Cunning Of Others Has Overreached Us.

Moral Severity In Women Is Only A Dress Or Paint Which They Use To Set Off Their Beauty.

If It Were Not For The Company Of Fools, A Witty Man Would Often Be Greatly At A Loss.