Ambition thinks no face so beautiful as that which looks from under a crown.
Valor is abased by too much loftiness.
Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.
Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
The highest point outward things can bring unto, is the contentment of the mind; with which no estate can be poor, without which all estates will be miserable.
Lovely sweetness is the noblest power of woman, and is far fitter to prevail by parley than by battle.