They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.Francis Bacon
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.Francis Bacon
The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.Francis Bacon
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.Francis Bacon
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.Francis Bacon
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.Francis Bacon
