"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."

"For in the mind of man, there is a natural evil, a natural darkness, which, unless it be purged and illuminated, will ever be prone to error."

"Ambition is like a choler, which makes an ill digestion, but a good appetite."

"The greatest error of all is to think that a man has no control over his thoughts."

"The mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of supe…"