But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.

Nor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.

Since women do most delight in revenge, it may seem but feminine manhood to be vindictive.

For there is a music wherever there is a harmony, order, or proportion, and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

To me avarice seems not so much a vice as a deplorable piece of madness.

No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer.