“Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.”

“He who shuns the millstone shuns the meal.”

“Concealed talent brings no reputation.”

“Prevention is better than cure.”

“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”

“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”

“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”

“No one is to be despaired of as long as he breathes. (While there is life there is hope.)”

“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”

“Of two evils choose the least.”

“Fortune favors the audacious.”