The true bounds and limitations, whereby human knowledge is confined and circumscribed,... are three: the first, that we do not so place our felicity in knowledge, as we forget our mortality: the second, that we make application of our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment, and not distates or repining: the third, that we do not presume by the contemplation of Nature to attain to the mysteries of God.

God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.

Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.