When ambitious men find an open passage, they are rather busy than dangerous; and if well watched in their proceedings, they will catch themselves in their own snare, and prepare a way for their own destruction. Quarles.
When an author is too fastidious about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his matter flimsy. Sen.
When any fit of anxiety, or gloominess or perversion of the mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints, but exert your whole care to hide it; by endeavouring to hide it you will drive it away. Johnson.
When any man finds himself disposed to complain with how little care he is regarded, let him reflect how little he contributes to the happiness of others. Johnson.
When any one ceases to care for his home, it 5 is one of the worst possible signs of moral sickness. Spurgeon.
When any one has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offence cannot reach it. Descartes.
When at one with ourselves, we are so with others. Goethe.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Burke.
When bairns are young they gar their parents' heads ache; when they are auld they make their hearts break. Sc. Pr.
When baseness is exalted, do not bate / The 10 place its honour for the person's sake. George Herbert.