It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

The worst men often give the best advice.

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.

I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.

Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding nor his power extends further.