There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Upon a given body to generate and superinduce a new nature or new natures is the work and aim of human power. To discover the Form of a given nature, or its true difference, or its causal nature, or fount of its emanation... this is the work and aim of human knowledge.

Friends are thieves of time.

Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.

Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.