A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
All good moral philosophy is ... but the handmaid to religion.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Everybody has his own interpretation of a painting he sees.
Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons.