As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action.
Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other.
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.
Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.
A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.