In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
Since bodily strength is but a servant to the mind, it were very barbarous and preposterous that force should be made judge over reason.
Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.
Solitude, the sly enemy that doth separate a man from well-doing.
We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.