Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.

A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.

It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

I would live to study, not study to live.

Let no one think or maintain that a person can search too far or be too well studied in either the book of God's word or the book of God's works.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.