"The discipline of desire is the background of character."

"God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave it them for their benefit, and the greatest conveniences of life they were capable to draw from it, it cannot be supposed he meant it should alwa…"

"The greatest part of our knowledge is founded on observation and experience."

"Bread, or water, or wine, which are the ordinary food and nourishment of the body, yet are not by nature bread, water, or wine, but become so by the application of the mind."

"To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues."