Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?

There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.