"For the mind of man is strangely disposed to give credit to such things as it doth wish were true."

"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."

"The inquiry, knowledge, and belief of truth, is the sovereign good of human nature."

"A great kingdom is not to be made good by the multitude of people, but by the greatness of them that are in it."

"Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, old authors to read."