Miserable men commiserate not themselves; bowelless unto others, and merciless unto their own bowels.

Whosoever enjoys not this life, I count him but an apparition, though he wear about him the sensible affections of flesh. In these moral acceptions, the way to be immortal is to die daily.

A diamond, which is the hardest of stones, not yielding unto steel, emery or any other thing, is yet made soft by the blood of a goat.

Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth.

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

A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.