“ Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. ”

“ Young people are fitter to invent than to judge fitter for execution than for counsel and more fit for new projects than for settled business. ”

“ The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. ”

“ We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. ”

“ Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. ”

“ Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. ”

“ The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. ”

“ The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. ”

“ A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ”

“ Knowledge is power. ”