To be rhymed to death as is said to be done in Ireland.

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.

Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

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

The violence of sorrow is not at the first to be striven withal; being, like a mighty beast, sooner tamed with following than overthrown by withstanding.