| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Lord Burleigh |
| | | Gentility is nothing else but ancient riches. | 1 |
| He that hath care of keeping days of payment is lord of another man’s purse. | 2 |
| I never knew any man grow poor by keeping an orderly table. | 3 |
| If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly. | 4 |
| Neither borrow money of a neighbour nor a friend, but of a stranger, where, paying for it, thou shalt hear no more of it. | 5 |
| No man can buy anything in the market with gentility. | 6 |
| Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer. | 7 |
| That gentleman who sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit. | 8 | | |
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