Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.

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

We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.

It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.

God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded.

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.

A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.