"Friends are thieves of time."

"The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to search it out."

"Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight."

"The mind of man is far from a clear and even mirror, but is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstitions and impostures."

"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel or man come in danger by it."