Every Country hath its Machiavel.
To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy.
We term sleep a death, and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits that are the house of life.
Think before you act; think twice before you speak.
I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof, 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures.
Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle must conclude and shut up all.