Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they...

It was prettily devised of Aesop, “”The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! “”

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear

Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration but no rest.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.

But it is not only the difficulty and labor which men take in finding out of truth, nor again that when it is found it imposeth upon men’s thoughts, that doth bring lies in favor;...

Despise no new accident in your body, but ask opinion of it… There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s observation, what he finds good and of what he finds...

They that deny a God destroy man’s nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he is not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a...

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

A bachelor’s life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

States as great engines move slowly.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.

Decided cases are the anchors of the law, as laws are of the state

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Ipsa scientia potestas est.Knowledge itself is power.

It’s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes...

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses.

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

My essays . . . come home, to men’s business, and bosoms.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Death comes as a heavy blow when, known too well to others, you die unknown to yourself.

By indignities men come to dignities.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Money is a great servant but a bad master.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind

Virtue is like precious odours,- most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

People of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon and seldom drive business home to it’s conclusion, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

It was prettily devised of Aesop, `The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise’.

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Sacred and inspired divinity, the sabaoth and port of all men’s labours and peregrinations.

Come home to men’s business and bosoms.

The place of justice is a hallowed place.

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.