I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.

Our souls, piercing through the impurity of flesh, behold the highest heaven, and thence bring knowledge to contemplate the ever-during, glory and termless joy.

Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.

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

No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women.

Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.