The majority is wicked.
Hear much; speak little.
Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.
It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.