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

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

Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.

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.

All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.

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

Hatreds are the cinders of affection.