Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.
It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
A good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.