He is like to be mistaken who makes choice of a covetous man for a friend, or relieth upon the reed of narrow and poltroon friendship. Pitiful things are only to be found in the cottages of such breasts; but bright thoughts, clear deeds, constancy, fidelity, bounty and generous honesty are the gems of noble minds, wherein (to derogate from none) the true, heroic English gentleman hath no peer.
Thomas BrowneTo extend our memories by monuments, whose death we daily pray for, and whose duration we cannot hope, without injury to our expectations in the advent of the last day, were a contradiction to our belief.
Thomas BrowneNor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.
Thomas BrowneQuotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors.
Thomas Browne