Melancholy men of all others are most witty, which causeth many times a divine ravishment, and a kinde of Enthusiasmus, which stirreth them up to bee excellent Philosophers, Poets, Prophets, etc.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.

Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it