Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

You can't be more horrific than life itself.

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.