Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.

The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.

Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.

The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it.