A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

Nor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.

For my part, I have ever believed, and do now know, that there are witches.

For God is like a skilfull Geometrician.

Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.

It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her blind, and hoodwink the providence of the Almighty.

Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that have examined the parts of man, and know upon what tender filaments that fabric hangs, do wonder that we are not always so; and considering the thousand doors that lead to death, do thank my God that we can die but once.