Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue.

The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.

No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world.

Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude.

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.

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

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