Words are the money of fools.

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: But they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man

Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.