Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.

As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.

There needs not strength to be added to inviolate chastity; the excellency of the mind makes the body impregnable.

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

Friendship is made fast by interwoven benefits.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets.