Jeremy Collier — English Clergyman

Jeremy Collier was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian... (wikipedia)

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
Belief gets in the way of learning.