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.

Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.

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

While you are upon earth, enjoy the good things that are here (to that end were they given), and be not melancholy, and wish yourself in heaven.

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

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.