The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.

Emulation is grief arising from seeing one's self, exceeded or excelled by his concurrent, together with hope to equal or exceed him in time to come, by his own ability. But envy is the same grief joined with pleasure conceived in the imagination of some ill-fortune that may befall him.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.

It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but subordinate to them. If that were not, but kings should command one thing upon pain of death, and priests another upon pain of damnation, it would be impossible that peace and religion should stand together.