If you would work any man, you must either know his nature and fashions, and so lead him; or his ends, and so persuade him or his weakness and disadvantages, and so awe him or those that have interest in him, and so govern him. In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends, to interpret their speeches; and it is good to say little to them, and that which they least look for. In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures.

Costly followers are not to be liked; lest while a man maketh his train longer, he make his wings shorter.

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.

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Let a fool be made serviceable according to his folly.