"Men ought to know that in the theatre of human life it is only for Gods and angels to be spectators."

"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…"

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

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

"For the thereof, I cannot but say, that I found myself in a condition, which in truth I am not able to express, but by a kind of similitude. I was a man of a broken fortune, and of a broken health, an…"