It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.