He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him "Was your mother never at Rome?" He answered "No Sir; but my father was."

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.