Do the devils lie? No; for then even hell could not subsist.
Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.
Therefore for Spirits, I am so far from denying their existence that I could easily believe, that not only whole Countries, but particular persons, have their Tutelary and Guardian Angels.
All the wonders you seek are within yourself.
Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.
I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Archilles; Fortune hath not one place to hit me.