A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Age will not be defied.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry? ‘A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.’

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.