Silence is the virtue of fools.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.

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

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

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