James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Lord Burleigh

Gentility is nothing else but ancient riches.

He that hath care of keeping days of payment is lord of another man’s purse.

I never knew any man grow poor by keeping an orderly table.

If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly.

Neither borrow money of a neighbour nor a friend, but of a stranger, where, paying for it, thou shalt hear no more of it.

No man can buy anything in the market with gentility.

Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

That gentleman who sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit.