Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.