But infinite in pardon is my Judge.

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

Let her (Truth) and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?

Wealth and honours, which most men pursue, easily change masters; they desert to the side which excels in virtue, industry, and endurance of toil, and they abandon the slothful.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

The gay motes that people the sunbeams.

Th'invention all admir'd, and each, how he to be th'inventor miss'd; so easy it seem'd once found, which yet unfound most would have thought impossible.