He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge.

He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge.

Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.

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