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.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.

Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust.

Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the matter) are confused and over-hastily abstracted from the facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure. Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction.