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

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.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.

On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

Nobody sees a flower really,it is so small. We haven't time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.