“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”

“Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console him from what is.”

“Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.”

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.”

“Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.”

“He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.”

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”