They love indeed who quake to say they love.
In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.
Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.
True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative.
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.
Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.