In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.

Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God

Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.

There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power.