In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

I'm just trying to make images as accurately as possible off my nervous system as I can.

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.

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

Great changes are easier than small ones.