Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker.

A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.

How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!

Remember always, that man is a creature whose reason is often darkened with error.

It is cruelty in war that buyeth conquest.

It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.