Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.

Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice, and dull in every other.

A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.

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

As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.

Men are almost always cruel in their neighbors' faults; and make others' overthrow the badge of their own ill-masked virtue.

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.