“A Man must make his opportunity,as oft as find it ”

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

“Solomon saith, 'He that considereth the wind, shall not sow, and he that looketh to the clouds, shall not reap.' A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”

“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”

“This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.”

“This communicating of a Man's Selfe to his Frend works two contrarie effects; for it re-doubleth Joys, and cutteth Griefs in halves.”

“Whoseoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god. Certain it is that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment.”