Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages. And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

All colours will agree in the dark.

To know truly is to know by causes.

Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.