Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.
Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.
We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.