Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil.

The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know all and shall have wings.

Of several bodies, all equally large and equally distant, that which is most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest.

Nothing is hidden under the sun.

O time! swift devourer of all created things!