There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

...to invent is to discover that we know not, and not to recover or resummon that which we already know

The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.