Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark.

Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom.

There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.

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

There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven.

There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.