Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.
Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.
Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.
The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.