One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are caught and the great break through.

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.

I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

It is madness and a contradiction to expect that things which were never yet performed should be effected, except by means hitherto untried.

The bee enclosed and through the amber shown Seems buried in the juice which was his own.

The world's a bubble, and the life of man, Less than a span.