Books, the children of the brain.
111 company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best.
The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.
A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.
Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it.
Every dog must have his day.