We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.