"The greatest objection to a monarch cannot be made without a paradox; for it is that he is too great to be good."

"Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be wi…"

"A great kingdom is not to be made good by the multitude of people, but by the greatness of them that are in it."

"Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, old authors to read."

"The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span."