I would rather be an expert on me than on Cicero

There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

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.

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures.

Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.