I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms.

The religion of one seems madness unto another.

Tis hard to find a whole age to imitate, or what century to propose for example.

The vices we scoff at in others laugh at us within ourselves.

To be content with death may be better than to desire it.

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

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