To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
Prevent your day at morning.
If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.
Our whole life is like a play.