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.

First therefore let us seek the dignity of knowledge in the archetype or first platform, which is in the attributes and acts of God, as far as they are revealed to man and may be observed with sobriety; wherein we may not seek it by the name of Learning; for all Learning is Knowledge acquired, and all Knowledge in God is original: and therefore we must look for it by another name, that of Wisdom or Sapience, as the Scriptures call it.

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

The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.

Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.