If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

A cat will never drown if she sees the shore.

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.

For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.

No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.