But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

An anthology is like all the plums and orange peel picked out of a cake.

The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war.

If thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year.

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.

Youth is the opportunity to do something and to be somebody.

If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess.