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

They must needs go whom the Devil drives.

I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.

Man appoints, and God disappoints.

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.