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.

A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

He travels best that knows when to return.

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

Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.

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.