Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.
It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.
I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience.
Remember always, that man is a creature whose reason is often darkened with error.
Solitude, the sly enemy that doth separate a man from well-doing.
Courage ought to be guided by skill, and skill armed by courage. Neither should hardiness darken wit, nor wit cool hardiness. Be valiant as men despising death, but confident as unwonted to be overcome.