"I have taken all knowledge to be my province."

"The mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of supe…"

"He that is a master of himself, is a master of the world."

"To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar."

"To be ignorant of the causes of evils is to be deprived of the remedy."