Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

Sweet tastes have sour closes; and he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

Afflictions clarify the soul.