Death, which hateth and destroyeth a man, is believed; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred.

Youth is the opportunity to do something and to be somebody.

Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings.

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

Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.

The best time for marriage will be towards thirty, for as the younger times are unfit, either to choose or to govern a wife and family, so, if thou stay long, thou shalt hardly see the education of thy children, who, being left to strangers, are in effect lost; and better were it to be unborn than ill-bred; for thereby thy posterity shall either perish, or remain a shame to thy name.

Hatreds are the cinders of affection.