Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.

It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart.

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.