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

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

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. ”

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

“The way of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars; not seen asunder, but giving light together.”

“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.”

“The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the image of their minds, where those of their bodies have failed. So the care of posterity is most in them that they have no posterity.”