A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.
Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.
My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man is but what he knoweth. The mind is but an accident to knowledge, for knowledge is the double of that which is.
Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.