The heavens rejoice in motion, why should I Abjure my so much loved variety.

Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred.

Men perish with whispering sins-nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell there shall meet as many men that never thought what was sin, as that spent all their thoughts in the compassing of sin.

Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.

Sleep is pain's easiest salve

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.