Children blessings seem, but torments are.
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to.
The worst thing an old man can be is a lover.
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.