...the poet, he nothing affirmeth, and therefore never lieth.

A noble cause doth ease much a grievous case.

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

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

Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions.

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

The journey of high honor lies not in smooth ways.