"My personal affairs are not as highly esteemed as men commonly value their own interests—vain, empty affairs like tho…"

"The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all."

"And wel we see ther is none alive that in every respect may be accompted happie, yea though mortall men were free fro…"

"So shall we voyd of all craft and sail, with true reason declare how much each man erreth in life, judgement, opinion…"

"Among other myseries what I pray you tá be greater than whē a man riseth frō bed in the morning, to be incertaine of …"

"From these beginnings, as it were, have issued bitterness, contentious obstinancy, lack of amenity, hasty judgement, …"

"I am cold of heart, warm of brain, and given to never-ending meditation; I ponder over ideas, many and weighty, and e…"

"I am able to admit two distinct trains of thought to my mind at the same time."

"I have accustomed my features always to assume an expression quite contrary to my feelings; thus I am able to feign o…"

"This I recognize as unique and outstanding among my faults—the habit...of preferring to say above all things what I k…"