Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.

To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.

Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold.