He threatens many that hath injured one.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.

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

Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.