It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

Your library is your paradise.

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.