They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

Be not solitary, be not idle