A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?

Might I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me.

What harm cause not those huge draughts or pictures which wanton youth with chalk or coals draw in each passage, wall or stairs of our great houses, whence a cruel contempt of our natural store is bred in them?

An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects.

There are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers.

Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.