Political literatureAny government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws.William PennFrame of Government · 1682★ 3.6
EssayHalf our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives.Sir Thomas Browne1682★ 3.5
Religious literatureHe who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.Sir Thomas Browne1682★ 1.9
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.William Penn1682★ 1.9
PoemThere's an experienced rebel, Time, And in his squadrons Poverty; There's Age that brings along with him A terrible artillery: And if against all these thou keep'st thy crown, Th'usurper Death will make thee lay it down.Thomas Flatman1682★ 1.8
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