Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man.
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One cause of atheism is, a custom of scoffing in holy matters, which doth by little and little deface the reverence of religion.
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Knowledge is power.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
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