Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.

To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's.

His time's forever, everywhere his place.

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.