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.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

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

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.

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.

The useful type of successful teacher is one whose main interest is the children, not the subject.

Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.