"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time"
"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor"
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read"
"Acorns were good until bread was found"
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds"
"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"
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior"
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present"
"Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing"
"Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice"
"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed"
"Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished"
"Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience"
"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread"
"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other"
"It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other"
"It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral"
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties"
"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world"
