Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, ….

He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory..

Man and wife make one fool..

Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing..

Peace is never more than one thought away..

Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty..

No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no others counsel but hi….

If I freely may discover What should please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city; A little proud, but f….

I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father..

Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true..

Cut Men's throats with whisperings..

Tis not the wholesome sharp mortality, Or modest anger of a satiric spirit, That hurts or wounds the body of a state, But the sinister application Of….

To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!.

Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money..

If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn i….

Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private..

Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not….

Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound..

Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too..

Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician..

It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere..