I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar.

Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.

I believe in deeply ordered chaos

There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found none equal to it for the commodiousness it affords in working with the Understanding.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.