It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

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.

Nothing doth so much keep men out of the Church, and drive men out of the Church, as breach of unity.

A cat will never drown if she sees the shore.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

You want accuracy, but not representation. If you know how to make the figuration, it doesn't work. Anything you can make, you make by accident. In painting, you have to know what you do, not how, when you do it.

Opportunity makes a thief.