A lie faces God and shrinks from man.

I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

Medical men do not know the drugs they use, nor their prices.

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

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

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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