Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury quotes

People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. (Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury)
Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf. View quote
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
I do not dwell in the country, nor am I acquainted with the plough, but I think that whosoever doth not maintain the plough destroys the kingdom ... Excepting Sir Thomas More's Utopia...you shall never find but the ploughman is chiefly provided for. View quote
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. View quote
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. View quote
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. View quote
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Virtue consists in avoiding scandal and venereal disease. View quote
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury