The only certainty is uncertainty

Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.