Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Science is the labor and handicraft of the mind; poetry can only be considered its recreation.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
"Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half."
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.