Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry.

A good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

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

The study of nature with a view to works is engaged in by the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and the magician; but by all as things now are with slight endeavour and scanty success.

The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.