Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
Gold--the picklock that never fails.
Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.
The over curious are not over wise.
For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.
Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness.