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

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

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

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.

I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.

For the world, I count it not an inn, but a hospital; and a place not to live, but to die in.

I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not agreeing with me in that from which perhaps within a few days I should dissent myself.