Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court. There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself. My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go. Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.
Strong reasons make strong actions.
Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. Gold is worse poison to a man's soul, doing more murders in this loathsome world, than any mortal drug. We know what we are, but not what we may be. I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad.