A diamond, which is the hardest of stones, not yielding unto steel, emery or any other thing, is yet made soft by the blood of a goat.
Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.
Oblivion is not to be hired.
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.
I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.
For the world, I count it not an inn, but a hospital; and a place not to live, but to die in.