Perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.

Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.

In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

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

Children sweeten labours. But they make misfortune more bitter. They increase the care of life. But they mitigate the remembrance of death. The perpetuity of generation is common to beasts. But memory, merit and noble works are proper to men. And surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.