Sir Thomas Browne

To believe only possibilities is not Faith, but mere Philosophy.

I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.

No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, . . . but delight to be alone and single with Omnipresency. . . .

Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.

Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.

Life is pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.

Every Country hath its Machiavel.

Yet is every man his own greatest enemy, and as it were his own executioner.

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.