Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

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

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.