The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered.

The world's a bubble, and the life of man, Less than a span.

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons.

Nothing is to be feared but fear.

The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.