Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot.

There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself.

Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot.

Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it.

Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she is to become popular, she must sink to theirs.

Seeking is not always the way to find.

Nature is mighty. Art is mighty. Artifice is weak. For nature is the work of a mightier power than man. Art is the work of man under the guidance and inspiration of a mightier power. Artifice is the work of mere man, in the imbecility of his mimic understanding.