Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.
The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.
Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil.
When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.
Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.