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

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

Riches are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions; therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

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.

Art is man added to Nature.