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.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is without a Minde. And therefore, God never wrought Miracle, to convince Atheisme, because his Ordinary Works Convince it. It is true, that a little Philosophy inclineth Mans Minde to Atheisme; But depth in Philosophy, bringeth Mens Mindes about to Religion.

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

A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.