Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.

It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery at first it deceives, at last it betrays

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.

Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.