It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.

There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.

Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.

Intelligence is required to be able to know that a man knows not.

Fear sometimes adds wings to the heels, and sometimes nails them to the ground, and fetters them from moving.