Art is man added to Nature.
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province.
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.