The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this--the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

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.

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

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.

Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so shadow and paint thy follies and vices as thou shalt never, by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue.

Let valour end my life!

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.