The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.