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.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

Money makes a man laugh.

Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

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