“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.”

“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.”

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

“Why shouldst thou not take even as much pleasure in beholding a counterfeit stone, which thine eye cannot discern from a right stone?”

“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.”

“All the life must be led with one, and also all the griefs and displeasures coming therewith patiently be taken and borne.”

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