As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great.
The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act.
Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
He that hath no cross deserves no crown.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
Wickedness is its own punishment.
