Francis Bacon

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.

People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.

Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem!

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.

I teach that all men are mad.

Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.

Once you truly understand that it is okay to lose or fail, you are free, you have nothing to fear, and only then, can nothing in this world hold you back.

The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.

The people are to be taken in small doses.

A lot of power and bravery is practice. And some of that is taking the risk to try and be at the table. And then when you’re at the table, taking that first risk to open your mouth and risk being rejected.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.