I am Duchess of Malfi still.

Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.

The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action... the soul was never put into the body to stand still.

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.