It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain of honesty and native worth is of more value than all the adventitious ornaments, estates, or preferments; for the sake of which some of the better sort so oft turn knaves.

It is the same with understanding as with eyes; to a certain size and make, just so much light is necessary, and no more. Whatever is beyond brings darkness and confusion.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.