Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation

Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.

Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.