The Grave Is Sooner Cloy'd Than Men's

Use Law And Physic Only For Necessity; They That Use Them Otherwise Abuse Themselves Unto Weak Bodies, And Light Purses; They Are Good Remedies, Bad Businesses, And Worse Recreations.

Immortal Life Is Something To Be Earned, By Slow Self-conquest, Comradeship With Pain, And Patient Seeking After Higher Truths.

If Thou Desire To Be Held Wise, Be So Wise As To Hold Thy Tongue.

Afflictions Clarify The Soul; And Like Hard Masters, Give More Hard Directions, Tutoring The Non-age Of Uncurbed Affections.

Make Thy Recreation Servant To Thy Business, Lest Thou Become A Slave To Thy Recreation.