MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other. - Francis Bacon

If thou shalt aspire after the glorious acts of men, thy working shall be accompanied with compunction and strife, and thy remembrance followed with distaste and upbraidings; and justly doth it come to pass towards thee, O man, that since thou, which art God's work, doest him no reason in yielding him well-pleasing service, even thine own works also should reward thee with the like fruit of bitterness.

"Let the first motion be that motion of resistance in matter which is inherent in each several portion of it, and in virtue of which it absolutely refuses to be annihilated. So that no fire, no weight or pressure, no violence, no length of time can reduce any portion of matter, be it ever so small, to nothing, but it will ever be something, and occupy some space; and, to whatever straits it may be brought, will free itself by changing either its form or its place; or if this may not be, will subsist as it is; and will never come to such a pass as to be either nothing or nowhere. This motion the Schoolmen (who almost always name and define things rather by effects and incapacities than by inner causes) either denote by the axiom "two bodies cannot be in one place," or call "the motion to prevent penetration of dimensions." Of this motion it is unnecessary to give examples, as it is inherent in every body."

Tot astfel în ce privește mântuirea: alegerea și planul trimit la Tatăl, actul propriu-zis și săvârșirea sa [trimit] la Fiul, iar realizarea la Sfântul Duh; căci prin Sfântul Duh S-a întrupat Cristos și prin Sfântul Duh renasc spiritual aleșii.