Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

For that which you mention concerning liberty of conscience, I meddle not with any man's conscience.

Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going. Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.

Ye may have skill in the nature of things, yet nature can do more than all physicians put together; and God is far more above nature.

Those who stop being better stop being good.