No wise man ever wished to be younger.

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.

That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.