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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
The worst men often give the best advice.
But men must know, that in this theatre of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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.