If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.

Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

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

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.