Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low.
Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.
Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence.
Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.