Liking is not always the child of beauty; but whatsoever is liked, to the liker is beautiful.

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

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

The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.

Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.

Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.

Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.