Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.

I have gathered a posy of other men’s flowers and only the thread that bonds them is my own.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

A woman is no sooner ours than we are no longer hers.

To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.

I quote others in order to better express myself.