Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.

That which the French proverb hath of sickness is true of all evils, that they come on horseback, and go away on foot; we have often seen a sudden fall or one meal's surfeit hath stuck by many to their graves; whereas pleasures come like oxen, slow, and heavily, and go away like post-horses, upon the spur.

And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.

For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.

The godly man contrarily is afraid of nothing; not of God, because he knows Him his best friend, and will not hurt him; not of Satan, because he cannot hurt him; not of afflictions, because he knows they come from a loving God, and end in his good; not of the creatures, since "the very stones in the field are in league with Him;" not of himself, since his conscience is at peace.