He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.