I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
Strange an astrologer should die, without one wonder in the sky.