The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions by comparing them with the law of God, his mind will approve or condemn him; this knowledge or conscience may be both an accuser and a judge.

A carpenter is known by his chips.

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.