Ignorance is mere privation by which nothing can be produced: it is a vacuity in which the soul sits motionless and torpid for want of attraction: and, without knowing why, we always rejoice when we learn, and grieve when we forget.

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

Every man is of importance to himself.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.