He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.'

The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the matter) are confused and over-hastily abstracted from the facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure. Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction.

He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.

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

The more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicateth.

[Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind.

The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds.