Nature proceeds little by little from things lifeless to animal life in such a way that it is impossible to determine the exact line ure hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the Art of God.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

Thus is Man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live, not onely like other creatures in divers elements, but in divided and distinguished worlds: for though there be but one to sense, there are two to reason, the one visible, the other invisible.

We term sleep a death by which we may be literally said to die daily; in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy.

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

The religion of one seems madness unto another.