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.

Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be

Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.

Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.

Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master; my heart was never set on worldly goods, but only for my subjects' good.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst