The woman in us still prosecutes a deceit like that begun in the garden.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.

We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth we tread on ... And if we are ignorant of the most obvious things about us, and the most considerable within our selves, 'tis then no wonder that we know not the constitution and powers of the creatures, to whom we are such strangers.

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

We have a mistaken notion of antiquity, calling that so which in truth is the world's nonage.

The woman in us still prosecutes a deceit like that begun in the garden.