Competition Of Praise Inclineth To A Reverence

Prudence Is A Presumption Of The Future, Contracted From The Experience Of Time Past.

For If I Should Not Believe All That Is Written By Historians, Of The Glorious Acts Of Alexander, Or Caesar; I Do Not Think The Ghost Of Alexander, Or Caesar, Had Any Just Cause To Be Offended; Or Any Body Else, But The Historian. If Livy Say The Gods Made Once A Cow Speak, And We Believe It Not; We Distrust Not God Therein, But Livy. So That It Is Evident, That Whatsoever We Believe, Upon No Other Reason, Then What Is Drawn From Authority Of Men Only, And Their Writings; Whether They Be Sent From God Or Not, Is Faith In Men Only.

The Privilege Of Absurdity; To Which No Living Creature Is Subject, But Man Only.

Understanding Is Nothing Else Than Conception Caused By Speech.

Sudden Glory Is The Passion Which Maketh Those Grimaces Called Laughter.