Medical men do not know the drugs they use, nor their prices.

Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.

...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the same science, and ascend not to a higher science.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.

In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place.