Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.