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

“To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.”

“By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.”

“Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.”

“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.”

“What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.”

“Pride thinks its own happiness shines the brighter, by comparing it with the misfortunes of other persons; that by displaying its own wealth they may feel their poverty the more sensibly.”