There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit
There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death.
Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things.
In the pleading of cases nothing pleases so much as brevity.
Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.
For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.