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.

Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.

If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.

This is my destiny — I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can and can't do!

Probability is a kind of penance, which God made, suitable, I presume to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here; wherein, to check our over-confidence and presumption, we might, by every day's experience, be made sensible of our short-sightedness, and liableness to error.

He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.