With knowledge comes more doubt.

I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.