High honor is not only gotten and born by pain and danger, but must be nursed by the like, else it vanisheth as soon as it appears to the world.

Friendship is made fast by interwoven benefits.

Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.

Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.

With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him.

In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.