If a man's wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, splitters of hairs.

It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, "Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner."

For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

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.