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

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.

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.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

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