Tranquillity consisteth in a steadiness of the mind; and how can that vessel that is beaten upon by contrary waves and winds, and tottereth to either part, be said to keep a steady course? Resolution is the only mother of security.

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

As you see in a pair of bellows, there is a forced breath without life, so in those that are puffed up with the wind of ostentation, there may be charitable words without works.

How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.

Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.