Those herbs which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but, being trodden upon and crushed, are three; that is, burnet, wild thyme and watermints. Therefore, you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.

A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope, to attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune.

A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

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

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry.