For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.
Black detraction will find faults where they are not.
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.
A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!