The genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer.

Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.

The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.