There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him "Was your mother never at Rome?" He answered "No Sir; but my father was."

I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.

Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.