Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.

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

Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.

Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.

Give my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon, My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.

According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in the end shall find itself unfortunate; for in all that ever I observed in the course of worldly things, I ever found that men's fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues, and more men's fortunes overthrown thereby, also, than by their vices.

Never spend anything before thou have it; for borrowing is the canker and death of every man's estate.