The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.

Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

For many parts of Nature can neither be invented with sufficient subtlety, nor demonstrated with sufficient perspicuity, nor accommodated unto use with sufficient dexterity, without the aid and intervening of the mathematics, of which sort are perspective, music, astronomy, cosmography, architecture, engineery, and divers others.

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.