Men ought to find the difference between saltiness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory.

For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast.

The colors that show best by candlelight are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

For first of all we must prepare a Natural and Experimental History, sufficient and good; and this is the foundation of all; for we are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do.

It is idle to expect any great advancement in science from the superinducing and engrafting of new things upon old. We must begin anew from the very foundations, unless we would revolve for ever in a circle with mean and contemptible progress.

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted