Poetry Is A Kind Of Ingenious Nonsense.

The Seed Of A Tree Has The Nature Of A Branch Or Twig Or Bud. It Is A Part Of The Tree, But If Separated And Set In The Earth To Be Better Nourished, The Embryo Or Young Tree Contained In It Takes Root And Grows Into A New Tree.

All Knowledge And Understanding Of The Universe Was No More Than Playing With Stones And Shells On The Seashore Of The Vast Imponderable Ocean Of Truth.

The Way To Chastity Is Not To Struggle Directly With Incontinent Thoughts But To Avert The Thoughts By Some Imployment, Or By Reading, Or Meditating On Other Things.

The Ignis Fatuus Is A Vapor Shining Without Heat.

No Sciences Are Better Attested Than The Religion Of The Bible.