Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is.

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.