That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
The desire of knowledge like the thirst of riches increases ever with the acquisition of it.
Sciences may be learned by rote but wisdom not.
An English man does not travel to see English men.
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not...
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is...
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why...