For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Party is the madness of many, for the gain of a few.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labour of the bees, will often be stung for his…

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.