A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.

Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice; for indeed it seems we have no other test of truth and reason than the example and pattern of the opinions and customs of the country we live in

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.

It is no hard matter to get children; but after they are born, then begins the trouble, solicitude, and care rightly to train, principle, and bring them up.

Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose; whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk.

I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.