As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.
— William Drummond
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
He who dares not reason, is a slave.
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
