Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.

He look'd a little disorder'd, when he said this, but I did not apprehend any thing from it at that time, believing as it us'd to be said, that they who do those things never talk of them; or that they who talk of such things never do them.

[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

He that Opposes his own Judgment against the Current of the Times, ought to be back'd with unanswerable Truths; and he that has that Truth on his Side, is a Fool, as well as a Coward, if he is afraid to own it, because of the Currency or Multitude of other Mens Opinions.

What are the sorrows of other men to us, and what their joy?

I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm.