Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.
Dive on them and squash them if you must.
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.
