Of great riches there is no real use, except in the distribution; the rest is but conceit

Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration but no rest.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

Certainly it is a heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind to move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.

Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.

I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind