If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.

One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are caught and the great break through.

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

The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.