Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.

Therefore for Spirits, I am so far from denying their existence that I could easily believe, that not only whole Countries, but particular persons, have their Tutelary and Guardian Angels.

Since women do most delight in revenge, it may seem but feminine manhood to be vindictive.

Had not almost every man suffered by the Press, or were not the tyranny thereof become universal, I had not wanted reason for complaint.

There is no man alone, because every man is a Microcosm, and carries the whole world about him.

I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.

I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles.