It is cruelty in war that buyeth conquest.

Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.

Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.

There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.

The first mark of valor is defence.

Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?

What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.