There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends but he joyeth the more and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friends but he grieveth the less.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.
As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen so are all innovations which are the births of time.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
Time is the greatest innovator.
Some books are to be tasted others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested.
It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.