The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness . . . Nay, the king himself used to eat in the Hall, and his lords sat with him, and he understood men.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.

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

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.

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.