Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.

Dreams, and predictions of astrology....ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside.

A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

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.

If you want to convey fact, this can only ever be done through a form of distortion. You must distort to transform what is called appearance into image.