Honor, thou strong idol of man's mind.
I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience.
Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.
Our poor eyes were so enriched as to behold, and our low hearts so exalted as to love, a maid who is such, that as the greatest thing the world can show is her beauty, so the least thing that may be praised in her is her beauty.
Hope itself is a pain, while it is overmatched by fear.
Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.