Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.

There is nothing more certain in nature than that it is impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated.

A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

I believe in deeply ordered chaos

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.

Time is the author of authors.