Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.
Thomas BrowneWhat then is the wisdom of the times called old? Is it the wisdom of gray hairs? No. It is the wisdom of the cradle.
Thomas BrowneThe heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.
Thomas BrowneSuicide is not to fear death, but yet to be afraid of life. It is a brave act of valour to contemn death; but when life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live; and herein religion hath taught us a noble example, for all the valiant acts of Curtius, Scarvola, or Codrus, do not parallel or match that one of Job.
Thomas Browne