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

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.

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

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

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and made them their own: philosophy is nothing but discretion.

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

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.