Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.

It is plain there is not in nature a point of stability to be found; everything either ascends or declines; when wars are ended abroad, sedition begins at home; and when men are freed from fighting for necessity, they quarrel through ambition.

Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude.

The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this--the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

There never was a man of solid understanding, whose apprehensions are sober, and by a pensive inspection advised, but that he hath found by an irresistible necessity one true God and everlasting being.

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

Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.