Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them

The worst men often give the best advice

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution

Come home to men's business and bosoms

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business