Honor, thou strong idol of man's mind.

I willingly confess that it likes me better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature.

Friendship is made fast by interwoven benefits.

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature: delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present; laughter hath only a scornful tickling.

I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience.

O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness!