Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.?

Don't seek enviable wealth, should pursue such Realm: Acquire wealth properly, use it wisely, give alms happily and give it up with contentment.

It is impossible to love and be wise.? It is impossible to love and be wise.

This passion hath his floods, in very times of weakness; which are great prosperity, and great adversity; though this latter hath been less observed: both which times kindle love, and make it more fervent, and therefore show it to be the child of folly Love is most likely to invade when the human heart is at its weakest, that is, when a person is proud of himself, forgets himself, or is in an embarrassing and lonely situation, although the latter may not be able to get love. People are most eager to jump into the flame of love at such a time. This shows that "love" is really the son of "stupid".

In beauty, that of favor, is more than that of color; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favor The beauty of

There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but that he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth is griefs to his friends, but he grieveth the less.? , all joys are doubled; those who share sorrow with friends, all sorrows are halved?

Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance Beauty is like fruit in midsummer, it is easy to rot and difficult to maintain. There are many beauties in the world. They had a dissolute youth, but they are facing a regretful old age.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. ?Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. It must be modified through learning; however, if learning itself is not restrained by practice, it will inevitably have mixed directions and aimless.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set? Virtue is like a gem, but more gorgeous when set against a plain background.

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.?Reading makes a full man, conversation makes a man witty, and writing makes a precise man.

Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtitle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend? Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people smart, and mathematics makes people thoughtful. Science makes people profound, ethics makes people solemn, logic and rhetoric make people eloquent: everything learned becomes character

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for Counsel, fitter for new projects than for settled business Young people are better suited to invent than to evaluate, to execute rather than to make decisions; to engage in new projects rather than to have a fixed career