“Anticipated spears wound less.”

“The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.”

“Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.”

“Men be so foolish as to have delight and pleasure in the doubtful glistering of a trifling little stone, which may behold any of the stars or else the sun itself.”

“The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.”

“It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.”

“One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.”