Francis Bacon

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

The remedy is worse than the disease.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Science is but an image of the truth.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

A vow is a snare for sin.

A great man is always willing to be little.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

We should always have three friends in our lives-one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we’ve cleared the way.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

The studious class are their own victims: they are thin and pale, their feet are cold, their heads are hot, the night is without sleep, the day a fear of interruption –pallor, squalor, hunger, and egotism.

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

That after an hour’s silence he can say, The one thing I cannot stand is dampness… That’s all, it took him an hour to work that out.

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.