The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

But we are not dedicating or building any Capitol or Pyramid to human Pride, but found a holy temple in the human Intellect, on the model of the Universe... For whatever is worthy of Existence is worthy of Knowledge-which is the Image (or Echo) of Existence.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.

It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.