There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us.

Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.

The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.

If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty.