The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.