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.

Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle must conclude and shut up all.

But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.

Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.

Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world.

Think before you act; think twice before you speak.

Art is the perfection of nature, ... nature is the art of God.