I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Poesy was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind.

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.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.