There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret the things, and more books upon books than upon all other subjects; we do nothing but comment upon one another.
Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
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For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.
Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
The diversity of physical arguments and opinions embraces all sorts of methods.
Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.
Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.