Spouses are great impediments to great enterprises.

Certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.

Men ought to find the difference between saltiness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

There is no secrecy comparable to celerity.