Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.

It is a great happiness when men's professions and their inclinations accord.