Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out.
He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
Knowledge is power. (Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est)
I have taken all knowledge to be my province.
By far the best proof is experience.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
In charity there is no excess.