You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge.

Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody.

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.