Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

The genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.

To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.