Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.

It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.

They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.

It's a poor doctor who can't cure one disease without giving you another.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.