Approved valor is made precious by natural courtesy.

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise.

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.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Hope itself is a pain, while it is overmatched by fear.