Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

In charity there is no excess.

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or levels, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.

There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.