A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

For table-talk, I prefer the pleasant and witty before the learned and the grave; in bed, beauty before goodness.

A straight oar looks bent in the water. It matters not merely that we see a thing, but how we see it.

Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

But the touch or company of any man whatsoever stirreth up their heat, which in their solitude was hushed and quiet, and lay as cinders raked up in ashes.