There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
A prudent question is one half of wisdom.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, But depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom
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.
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Men must not turn into bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.