Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own.

I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.

There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. Whatever hath no beginning may be confident of no end.

There is something in us that can be without us, and will be after us, though indeed it hath no history of what it was before us, and cannot tell how it entered into us.

Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.

We all labour against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.

If riches increase, let thy mind hold pace with them; and think it not enough to be liberal, but munificent.