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

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

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

Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.

Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think.

Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.

A gallant man is above ill words.