Friendship maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts.

Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.

By far the best proof is experience.

There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.