The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

... the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.

It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?

The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.

Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.