Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education in the elder, a part of experience.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education in the elder, a part of experience.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.