There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear; and yet that commonly is the case of kings.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall.

What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

It is not possible to run a course aright when the goal itself has not been rightly placed.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another; for no man prospers so suddenly as by others’ errors.

discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

Truth emerges more readily from error than confusion.

There is no such flatterer as is a man’s self.

A sudden, bold, and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.