Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
It is natural to die as to be born.
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.