Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.

Women do most delight in revenge.

A diamond, which is the hardest of stones, not yielding unto steel, emery or any other thing, is yet made soft by the blood of a goat.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

What then is the wisdom of the times called old? Is it the wisdom of gray hairs? No. It is the wisdom of the cradle.

Light that makes things seen, makes some things invisible.

There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. Whatever hath no beginning may be confident of no end.