Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.

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.

An artist must learn to be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.

To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.