Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

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

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

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

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

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

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

It is difficult not to write satire.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

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

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

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

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

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

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

Astrology reveals the will of the gods.

Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.

Great power which incites great envy hurls some men to destruction they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

Today theres more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.

Who watches the watchmen?

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue ..

We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.

The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.

Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.

To insult someone we call him "bestial." For deliberate cruelty and nature, "human" might be the greater insult.

Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.

Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature.

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

It was he who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice.

Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language.