We must see whether the same clock with weights will go faster at the top of a mountain or at the bottom of a mine; it is probable, if the pull of the weights decreases on the mountain and increases in the mine, that the earth has real attraction.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

If I sit and daydream, the images rush by like a succession of colored slides.

First therefore let us seek the dignity of knowledge in the archetype or first platform, which is in the attributes and acts of God, as far as they are revealed to man and may be observed with sobriety; wherein we may not seek it by the name of Learning; for all Learning is Knowledge acquired, and all Knowledge in God is original: and therefore we must look for it by another name, that of Wisdom or Sapience, as the Scriptures call it.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.