"The greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curio…"

"Laws are made to guard the rights of the people, not to feed the lawyers. The laws should be read by all, known to all. Put them into shape, inform them with philosophy, reduce them in bulk, give them…"

"The only way to conquer nature is to obey her."

"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures."

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."