It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest.

Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

A wandering minstrel I A thing of shreds and patches Of ballads, songs and snatches And dreamy lullaby!

The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, the fourth for madness.

Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth.