Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 1.
Machiavel says virtue and riches seldom settle on one man.
Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2.
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards; their worthiest captains, best wits, greatest scholars, bravest spirits in all our annals, have been base [born].
Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2.
As he said in Machiavel, omnes eodem patre nati, Adam's sons, conceived all and born in sin, etc. "We are by nature all as one, all alike, if you see us naked; let us wear theirs and they our clothes, and what is the difference?"
Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2.
Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.[190:1]
Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2.
Christ himself was poor. . . . And as he was himself, so he informed his apostles and disciples, they were all poor, prophets poor, apostles poor.[190:2]