In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.
Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.
Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him.
The highest point outward things can bring unto, is the contentment of the mind; with which no estate can be poor, without which all estates will be miserable.
Ambition thinks no face so beautiful as that which looks from under a crown.
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.