“Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.”

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.

We believe no evil till the evil’s done.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

The reason of the strongest is always the best.

People must help one another; it is nature’s law.

Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.

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

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.

An argument can be logically valid, but unsound in that it contains a false premise and, therefore, leads to a false conclusion (e.g., Scientists are smart; smart people do not make mistakes; therefore, scientists do not make mistakes).

What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.

Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.

Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.

You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.

Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.

There’s no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don’t feel it at all.