A collection of select aphorisms and maxims; with several historical observations, curious remarks, and characters of persons and things; taken out of the best authors

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Due to essential system maintenance, online requesting will be unavailable from 9pm until midnight on Tuesday 21 April. You can still search the catalogue as usual. We apologise for any inconvenience.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Smith, Randal

Works from the collections

A collection of select aphorisms and maxims; with several historical observations, curious remarks, and characters of persons and things; taken out of the best authors