Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

There was never law, or sect, or opinion did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession.

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.

Photographs are not only points of reference... they're often triggers of ideas.