No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and made them their own: philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.