The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.
Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother.
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.
To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.