Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.

Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?

Talk what you will of the Jews,--that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their country by lending him money; none of them beg; they keep together; and as for their being hated, why, Christians hate one another as much.

Money makes a man laugh.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.