Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.

Friendship is made fast by interwoven benefits.

A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.

Valor is abased by too much loftiness.

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 needs not strength to be added to inviolate chastity; the excellency of the mind makes the body impregnable.

In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.