Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.

Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.

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

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.

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 is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.