Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.

Atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man.

Riches are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions; therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion.

The only hope [of science] ... is in genuine induction.