The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.

Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

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

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

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.

Honesty's the best policy.