We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back, the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.

Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .

Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.

For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.

Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother Shipton, or the miracles of Dr. Faustus, things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.