But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow a man, and not to go along with him.

The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

For first of all we must prepare a Natural and Experimental History, sufficient and good; and this is the foundation of all; for we are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do.

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.