There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
Wonder is the seed of knowledge
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the...
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks.
Money is like muck - not good unless it be spread.
The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of co...
The sun though it passes through dirty places yet remains as pure as before.
If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is not invisible.
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude which in morals is the heroical virtue.
A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
Knowledge is power.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Nothing is terrible except fear itself.
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.