As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.
An evil life is a kind of death.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
Face troubles from their birth, for 'tis too late to cure When long delay has given the evil strength. Haste then; postpone not to the coming hour: tomorrow He'll be less ready who's not ready now.
He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.