Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

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.