It was well said that envy keeps no holidays.

Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.

Nothing doth so much keep men out of the Church, and drive men out of the Church, as breach of unity.

Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men's heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings.

Take an arrow, and hold it in flame for the space of ten pulses, and when it cometh forth you shall find those parts of the arrow which were on the outsides of the flame more burned, blacked, and turned almost to coal, whereas the midst of the flame will be as if the fire had scarce touched it. This is an instance of great consequence for the discovery of the nature of flame; and sheweth manifestly, that flame burneth more violently towards the sides than in the midst.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.