And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

For I had rather die in the adventure ot noble achievements, then live in obscure and sluggish security.

Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other.

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women.