If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison.

The sum of behavior is to retain a man’s own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought to law to weed it out.

Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.

Nothing is to be feared but fear.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.