Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself – so say fools

Be gentle with the young.

No one ever suddenly became depraved

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief ‘s face.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don’t ignore your son’s tender years.

For women’s tears are but the sweat of eyes.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.