Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.

Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.

The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free.