"For it is a sure rule, that a man were better to be a suitor to the devil, than to a man whose heart is not open."

"The method of discovery and proof, whether by the senses or by the mind, is one and the same; and it is only by a right method of discovery that we can hope for a right method of proof."

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

"The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self."

"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."