"For as the eye of the mind, through the too great subtilty of the object, may be dulled and not able to perceive it, so through the too great subtilty of the medium it may be deceived and not able to …"

"A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others."

"There is in human nature generally, more of the fool than of the wise; and therefore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent."

"The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children."

"In order to stir up others, I have myself been obliged to become a wanderer."