Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

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

All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.

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.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.

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.

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