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.

Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered.

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.

Always let losers have their words.

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment

Science is but an image of the truth.