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

The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

He that cometh to seek after knowledge, with a mind to scorn, shall be sure to find matter for his humour, but no matter for his instruction.

Defer not charities till death; for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's than of his own.

I don't believe art is available; it's rare and curious and should be completely isolated; one is more aware of its magic the more it is isolated.

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.