Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

For men may prove and use their friends, as the poet expresses it, usque ad aras, meaning that a friend should not be required to act contrary to the law of God.

I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.

It requires a long time to know anyone.

Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.

Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.