A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.

A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk's bill, no sharp talon, no roughness of teeth, no such strength of stomach or heat of digestion, as can be sufficient to convert or alter such heavy and fleshy fare.

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.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Words will build no walls.