Lovely sweetness is the noblest power of woman, and is far fitter to prevail by parley than by battle.

As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.

Hope itself is a pain, while it is overmatched by fear.

In the clear mind of virtue treason can find no hiding-place.

As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.

Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?

Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.