They do more harm by their evil example than by their actual sin.

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure fieri putant.]

It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.

The world is evil only when you become its slave.

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit pleurumque robustius.]

Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]