There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.

Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.