Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.
Philip SidneyWhen it shall please God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife. For from thence will spring all thy future good or evil; and it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war; wherein a man can err but once!
Philip SidneyThere needs not strength to be added to inviolate chastity; the excellency of the mind makes the body impregnable.
Philip Sidney