“We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.”
Nature“People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.”
Learning“We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.”
Nature“Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.”
Age“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
Gardening“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”
Great“Wise men make more opportunities than they find.”
Men“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”
Men“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.”
Age“But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.”
God“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
Nature“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Wisdom“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
Anger“The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.”
Art“Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.”
Nature“People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.”
Learning“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
God“Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.”
Truth“Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.”
History“Knowledge and human power are synonymous.”
Knowledge“Friends are thieves of time.”
Time“Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.”
Beauty