Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.

Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.

In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.

The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.

To understand this for sense it is not required that a man should be a geometrician or a logician, but that he should be mad.

I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep out of the world.