There is no error which hath not some appearance of probability resembling truth, which, when men who study to be singular find out, straining reason, they then publish to the world matter of contention and jangling.

There is nothing exempt from the peril of mutation; the earth, heavens, and whole world is thereunto subject.

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.

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

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.

Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.

It is, it is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.