A gallant man is above ill words.

The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.

All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service - just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord's before as now.

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

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

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

A gallant man is above ill words.