"The froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation."

"The mind of man is far from a clear and even mirror, but is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstitions and impostures."

"The mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure."

"The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it."

"For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and unruffled mirror, but is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not with judgment and industry regulated…"