All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.

Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.

Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.

Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick

Man and wife make one fool.