In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.

A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.

Of all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients.

I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.

It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.