Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God

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

There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.