As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.
Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.
What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.
He whom passion rules, is bent to meet his death.
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.