Great is not great to the greater.

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

Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.

There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.

Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

In the clear mind of virtue treason can find no hiding-place.