If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause and effect. [Fr., Entre le bon sens et le bon gout il y a la difference de la cause a son effet.]

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably