There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him "Was your mother never at Rome?" He answered "No Sir; but my father was."

Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps.

For fountains, they are a Great Beauty and Refreshment, but Pools mar all, and make the Garden unwholesome, and full of Flies and Frogs.