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

A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.

The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.