Can anything be imagined so ridiculous that this miserable and wretched creature, who is not so much as master of himself, but subject to the injuries of all things, should call himself master and emperor of the world, of which he has not power to know the least part, much less to command the whole?

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

I give my opinion not as being good, but as being my own.

Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.

Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.

Time steals away without any inconvenience.

Women are more susceptible to pain than to pleasure.