Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.