There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.
Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be
Princes have big ears which hear far and near.
[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.