For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.

When the candles are out all women are fair.

Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real