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.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

[Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind.

I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.