Francis Bacon

God’s first creature, which was light.

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be defied.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

I could not find the world if I searched ten years. I’ve forgotten the road by which I came.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

Tomorrow is always another day to make things right.

That was Youth with its reckless exuberance when all things were possible pursued by Age where we are now, looking back at what we destroyed, what we tore away from that self who could do more, and its work that’s become my enemy because that’s what I can tell you about, that Youth who could do anything.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they’re about to do and thinks it still matters.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

When any real progress is made, we unlearn and learn anew what we thought we knew before.

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.