A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses.

There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.

Vision is seeing the invisible.

I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time ought to have been there.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.