The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.

I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.

To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.

To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.