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

Take thou of me, sweet pillowes, sweetest bed; A chamber deafe of noise, and blind of light, A rosie garland and a weary hed.

Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.

High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.

Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise.

To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue; but to be ambitious of titles, place, ceremonial respects, and civil pageantry, is as vain and little as the things are which we court

Lovely sweetness is the noblest power of woman, and is far fitter to prevail by parley than by battle.