Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

There is nobody so weak of invention that cannot make some little stories to villify his enemy.

Health and happiness give rise to each other.

All of heaven we have below.

Allegories, when well chosen, are like so many tracks of light in a discourse, that make everything about them clear and beautiful.

Our forefathers looked upon nature with more reverence and horror, before the world was enlightened by learning and philosophy, and loved to astonish themselves with the apprehensions of witchcraft, prodigies, charms, and inchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it, the church-yards were all haunted, every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.

If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.