They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man.

To 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.

If there be any among those common objects of hatred I do contemn and laugh at, it is that great enemy of reason, virtue, and religion, the multitude; that numerous piece of monstrosity, which, taken asunder, seem men, and the reasonable creatures of God, but, confused together, make but one great beast, and a monstrosity more prodigious than Hydra.

Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich.

That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed.

To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to feather the arrows of our enemies, to lash ourselves with the scorpions of our foes, and to resolve to sleep no more.

They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man.