The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
Empiricism, scientific method
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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes."
Shocking"The greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curio…"
Strange & Unusual"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."
Humorous"The eye of the understanding is like the eye of the body; it sees all things else, but cannot see itself."
Strange & Unusual"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
Humorous