Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

It is plain there is not in nature a point of stability to be found; everything either ascends or declines; when wars are ended abroad, sedition begins at home; and when men are freed from fighting for necessity, they quarrel through ambition.

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

God is absolutely good; and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.

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.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

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