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

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

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

Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

A gallant man is above ill words.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.