'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.