Consistency is the foundation of virtue.

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

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.

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

We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished?

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.