Think before you act; think twice before you speak.

Therefore for Spirits, I am so far from denying their existence that I could easily believe, that not only whole Countries, but particular persons, have their Tutelary and Guardian Angels.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.

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