Nor is mine a trumpet which summons and excites men to cut each other to pieces with mutual contradictions, or to quarrel and fight with one another; but rather to make peace between themselves, and turning with united forces against the Nature of Things

Money is like muck, not good unless spread.

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry.