But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.

If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him. Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.

If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.

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.

The usefullest truths are plainest; and while we keep to them, our differences cannot rise high.