Every dog has his day.

The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.

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.

If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

There is a remedy for everything but death; who, in spite of our teeth, will take us in his clutches.

Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.