It is putting a very high price on one's conjectures to have someone roasted alive on their account.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

For me, who only desire to become wise, not more learned or eloquent, these logical or Aristotelian dispositions of parts are of no use.

And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope.

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.