Quotes from 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.

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.

He who dares not reason, is a slave.

He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.

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.

What sweet delight a quiet life affords.

So that my life be brave, what though not long?

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.

Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings, Indifferent host to shepherds and kings, Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.