That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.

Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.

Logic is the anatomy of thought.

A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.

The native and untaught suggestions of inquisitive children do often offer things, that may set a considering man's thoughts on work. And I think there is frequently more to be learn'd from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men, who talk in a road, according to the notions they have borrowed, and the prejudices of their education.