We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

For there is no air that men so greedily draw in, that diffuses itself so soon, and that penetrates so deep as that of license.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

Even in the midst of compassion we feel within I know not what tart sweet titillation of malicious pleasure in seeing others suffer; children have the same feeling.