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.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

Money makes a man laugh.

We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.

While you are upon earth, enjoy the good things that are here (to that end were they given), and be not melancholy, and wish yourself in heaven.

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.

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