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

“This hellhound (pride) creepeth into men's hearts and plucketh them back from entering the right path of life and is so deeply rooted in men's breasts that she cannot be plucked out.”

“Anticipated spears wound less.”

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

“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.”