We are all of us richer than we think we are.

Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into.

I determine nothing; I do not comprehend things; I suspend judgment; I examine.

I find no quality so easy for a man to counterfeit as devotion, though his life and manner are not conformable to it; the essence of it is abstruse and occult, but the appearances easy and showy.

Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him be taught to throw down his arms and surrender to truth as soon as he perceives it, whether the truth is born at his rival's doing or within himself from some change in his ideas.

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.