The longer it possesseth a man the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth the more he shall be subject to it; for it dulleth the spirits, and destroyeth the body as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm that engendereth in the kernal of the nut.
Walter RaleighThe most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.
Walter RaleighThe world is itself but a larger prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.
Walter Raleigh