Society is the atmosphere of souls; and we necessarily imbibe from it something which is either infectious or healthful.

The best ground untilled, soonest runs out into rank weeds. A man of knowledge that is negligent or uncorrected, cannot but grow wild and godless.

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

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.

God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.

I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together.

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.