A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.

Let us see what love can do.

Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue

Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.