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.

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.

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

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

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