Friends are thieves of time.
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.
A good conscience is a continual feast.
The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes; and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.