A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.

The mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.