Seek Not To Shine By Borrow'd Lights

Men Who Ape The Saint And Play The Sinner.

Nobody Ever Became Depraved All At Once. [lat., Nemo Repente Fuit Turpissimus.]

No Man Becomes Bad All At Once.

Never Does Nature Say One Thing And Wisdom Another. Variant: Wisdom And Nature! Are They Not The Same? Variant: Nature And Wisdon Always Speak Alike.

A Man Who Has Nothing Can Whistle In A Robber's Face.