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

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.

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

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

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.