Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
The way to rise is to obey and please.
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.