A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit. - Erasmus

A remarkable thing happens in the experience of my fools: from them not only true things, but even sharp reproaches, will be listened to; so that a statement which, if it came from a wise man's mouth, might be a capital offense, coming from a fool gives rise to incredible delight. Veracity, you know, has a certain authentic power of giving pleasure, if nothing offensive goes with it; but this the gods have granted only to fools.

el espíritu humano está hecho de tal suerte, que le es más accesible la ficción que la verdad.

Las grandes cosas con quererlas basta, la culpa es de la brevedad de la vida que no basta a la magnitud del asunto.