I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.
Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest.
In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance.
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.
A comely olde man as busie as a bee.