As by some might be saide of me: that here I have but gathered a nosegay of strange floures, and have put nothing of mine unto it, but the thred to binde them. Certes, I have given unto publike opinion, that these borrowed ornaments accompany me; but I meane not they should cover or hide me.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.

Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.

There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.