For Prudence, is but Experience; which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

In these four things, opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotions towards what men fear, and taking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth t…

For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believ…

And this Feare of things invisible, is the naturall Seed of that, which every one in himself calleth Religion; and in them that worship, or feare that Power ot…

Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.

Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.