The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle

The noble temptation to see too much in everything.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.

It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.