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

"The truth of a thing is in its being; the good of a thing is in its using."

"The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel."

"Men ought to know that in the theatre of human life it is only for Gods and angels to be spectators."

"It is a thing that ever proveth, that a man's fortune is the fruit of his own virtue."