"A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it"
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion"
"A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner"
"Wise men make more opportunities than they find"
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper"
"They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils"
"The place of justice is a hallowed place"
"The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall"
"Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses"
"We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do"
"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set"
"Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul"
"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative"
"What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer"
"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express"
"Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability"
"Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience"
"Silence is the virtue of fools"
"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom"
"Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt"
"Science is but an image of the truth"
"There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self"
"There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health"
"The worst solitude is to have no real friendships"
"The worst men often give the best advice"
"The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate"
"He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other"
"Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business"
"Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use"
"Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out"
"He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief"
"Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion"
"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience"
"Rebellions of the belly are the worst"
"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New"
"Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue"
"This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well"
"The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears"
"Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws"
"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again"
"It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about"
"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid"
"Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order"
"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable"
"Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter"
"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men"
"By indignities men come to dignities"
"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on"
"Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite"
"As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time"
