Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water; but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.

'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.