A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

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

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

For fountains, they are a Great Beauty and Refreshment, but Pools mar all, and make the Garden unwholesome, and full of Flies and Frogs.

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.

Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.