Painting gave meaning to my life which without it would not have had.
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Riches are for spending.
It’s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy.
It is natural to die as to be born.
Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.
The place of justice is a hallowed place.
Cure the disease and kill the patient.
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.
All bravery stands upon comparisons.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.
Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men’s heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings.
Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.
No man’s fortune can be an end worthy of his being.
Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.