The light that a man receives by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which comes from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.

Those herbs which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but, being trodden upon and crushed, are three; that is, burnet, wild thyme and watermints. Therefore, you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.

Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding nor his power extends further.