It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons.

There was never law, or sect, or opinion did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.

I regret not starting to paint earlier...It is one of the few things I do regret.

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

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.