Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.
Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.
As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.
Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.