It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
Let every student of nature take this as his rule, that whatever the mind seizes upon with particular satisfaction is to be held in suspicion.
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
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.