Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.

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

He whom passion rules, is bent to meet his death.

Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?

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

Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for it; and therefore, of all the Grecians, Homer doth ever make Achilles the best armed.

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