All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered. |
All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto either by force or fraud, and what they have by craft or cruelty gained, to cover the foulness of their fact, they call purchase, as a name more honest. Howsoever, he that for want of will or wit useth not those means, must rest in servitude and poverty. |
Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred. |
Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall |
For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself |
Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time. |
I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me |
I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! |
I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! |
If the heart be right, it matters not which way the head lies |
In examinations, those who do now wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell. |
Love is a durable fire in the mind ever burning; never sick, never old, never dead from itself never turning. |
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women |
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest. |
Romance is a love affair in other that domestic surroundings |