"The greatest objection to a monarch cannot be made without a paradox; for it is that he is too great to be good."

"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."

"He that studieth revenge, keepeth his own wounds green; which otherwise would heal, and do well."

"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other."

"The true and lawful goal of the sciences is none other than this: that human life be endowed with new discoveries and powers."