Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.
A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made.