The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.

Oh! blame not the bard.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.