Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.

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.

Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.

See, the curse of children! In life they keep us frequently in tears, And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears.

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.

Poor maids have more lovers than husbands.