“Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.”

“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”

“A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time. ”

“To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.”

“There was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself, as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said, That it is impossible to love, and to be wise.”

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”