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

We have so much ill fortune as inconstancy, or so much bad purpose as folly, we are not so full of evil as we are of inanity; we are not so wretched as we are base

Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.