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.

We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

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.

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

The world cannot be governed without juggling.