William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Professions : Statesman Born : September 13, 1520 Died : August 4, 1598 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley What! All this for a song? William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley song England can never be ruined except by a Parliament. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley parliament england government Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley praise kids children Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley chimneys soldier summer Win hearts, and you have all men's hands and purses. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley winning heart men Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley borrowing-money neighbor stranger Gravity must be natural and simple; there must be urbanity and tenderness in it. A man must not formalize on everything. He who does so is a fool; and a grave fool is, perhaps, more injurious than a light fool. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley light simple men A man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley gentility manners men Old age is the Outpatient's Dept of purgatory. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley purgatory old-age age Similar Authors Andrei Gromyko statesman Anastas Mikoyan statesman Alcibiades statesman Aeschines statesman Harri Holkeri statesman Charles Alexandre de Calonne statesman All Authors
