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

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.

I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.

See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.

I myself have loved a lady and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation, whom some three or four gallants that have enjoyed would with all their hearts have been glad to have been rid of. 'Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden: the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out.

Cowardly dogs bark loudest.