Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

A body may well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less he heed them the better.

Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.

Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind.

Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law, and of all sorts of tyranny the forcing of the letter of the law against the equity, is the most insupportable.