Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.

Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.

No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

How ready is heaven to those that pray!

It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.