Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

For the chain of causes cannot by any force be loosed or broken, nor can nature be commanded except by being obeyed.

When a doubt is once received, men labour rather how to keep it a doubt still, than how to solve it; and accordingly bend their wits.

Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Innovations, which are the births of time.