A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light and Heat. But yet, put out the Candle, and they are both gone.

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming.

Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.

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.