Time is the author of authors.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

First therefore let us seek the dignity of knowledge in the archetype or first platform, which is in the attributes and acts of God, as far as they are revealed to man and may be observed with sobriety; wherein we may not seek it by the name of Learning; for all Learning is Knowledge acquired, and all Knowledge in God is original: and therefore we must look for it by another name, that of Wisdom or Sapience, as the Scriptures call it.

He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.

He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.'