No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense

Slander is worse than cannibalism

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts