Related:

• We cannot really be for something we don't understand.
• BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think.
  That which distinguishes the man who is content to _be_ something from the man who wishes to _do_ something....
• Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Wisdom
• No man is the wiser for his learning. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Learning
• Wit and wisdom are born with a man. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Learning
• Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 't is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.
  -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Law...
• Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to
  Equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity....
• All things that are Made for our general uses are at war,-- Even we among ourselves.
  -- John Fletcher (1576-1625) -- Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune...
• The thoughts that come unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.
  -- John Locke...