“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.”

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

Cats know not how to pardon.

O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.

Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.

Lies and literature have always been friends.

Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.

What God does, He does well.

Everyone is saying that I’m retiring, but I want to solemnly declare, that I don’t want to retire, I just want to do things a bit less dangerous to my body, less dangerous action.

We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.

My lust for you is dangerous because I can’t get deep enough.

I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.

Money… is like a beautiful thoroughbred horse – very powerful & always in action, but unless this horse is trained when very young, it will be an out-of-control & dangerous animal when it grows to maturity.

There is no word more “dangerous” than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new “unforgivable sin.”

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

The ‘well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience’.