No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.
A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
