"He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."

"A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others."

"The eye of the understanding is like the eye of the body; it sees all things else, but cannot see itself."

"For the mind, when it is once possessed with an opinion, draws all things else to confirm and agree with it."

"The honest and straightforward course is, in the long run, the most profitable."