We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Knowledge is power.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.