Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.