Religion supposed Heaven and Hell, the word of God, and sacraments, and twenty other circumstances which, taken seriously, are a wonderful check to wit and humour.

For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door

I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs.

Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it.

Everyone desires long life, not one old age.

For want of a block, man will stumble at a straw.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.