Nothing Doth So Much Keep

There Is Another Ground Of Hope That Must Not Be Omitted. Let Men But Think Over Their Infinite Expenditure Of Understanding, Time, And Means On Matters And Pursuits Of Far Less Use And Value; Whereof, If But A Small Part Were Directed To Sound And Solid Studies, There Is No Difficulty That Might Not Be Overcome.

A Wise Man Will Make More Opportunities Than He Finds.

He That Will Not Apply New Remedies Must Expect New Evils; For Time Is The Greatest Innovator.

Again Men Have Been Kept Back As By A Kind Of Enchantment From Progress In Science By Reverence For Antiquity, By The Authority Of Men Counted Great In Philosophy, And Then By General Consent.

I Always Think Of Myself Not So Much As A Painter But As A Medium For Accident And Chance.