It is the nature of men having escaped one extreme, which by force they were constrained long to endure, to run headlong into the other extreme, forgetting that virtue doth always consist in the mean.

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

Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity.

It is observed in the course of worldly things, that men's fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues; and more men's fortunes overthrown thereby than by vices.

Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.

Let valour end my life!