Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.
If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory.
The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.
Wickedness is its own punishment.
If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart: if thou be guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction: make use of both; so shalt thou distil honey out of gall, and out of an open enemy create a secret friend.
With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge.