Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.

May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.

Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.

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 liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.

The monster London laugh at me.

There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.