God is absolutely good; and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

The best time for marriage will be towards thirty, for as the younger times are unfit, either to choose or to govern a wife and family, so, if thou stay long, thou shalt hardly see the education of thy children, who, being left to strangers, are in effect lost; and better were it to be unborn than ill-bred; for thereby thy posterity shall either perish, or remain a shame to thy name.

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.

If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess.