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

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.

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

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

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

Money makes a man laugh.

I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort me at the close of this life but this passage of St. Paul: "It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." To this I cleave, and herein do I find rest.