Can there be worse sickness, than to know that we are never well, nor can be so?
He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book.
Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
I did best when I had least truth for my subjects.
As God loves a cheerful giver, so he also loves a cheerful taker. Who takes hold of his gifts with a glad heart.
Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.