Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar.

If you want to convey fact, this can only ever be done through a form of distortion. You must distort to transform what is called appearance into image.

Great changes are easier than small ones.