No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.

Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!

A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.

Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is, when by patience it approveth what it works.

The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.