It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.

Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.

There is an herb named in Latine Convolvulus (i.e. with wind), growing among shrubs and bushes, with carrieth a flower not unlike to this Lilly, save that it yeeldeth no smell nor hath those chives within; for whitenesse they resemble one another very much, as if Nature in making this floure were a learning and trying her skill how to frame the Lilly indeed.

Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.