"The greatest wisdom is to know oneself."

"The works of God are great and wonderful, but the works of man are often small and contemptible."

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

"All colors will agree in the dark."

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