A man's nature runs either to herbs, or to weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.
It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.
No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.
All things are admired either because they are new or because they are great
The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity is no excess, neither can man or angels come into danger by it