They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.Francis Bacon
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.Francis Bacon
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.Francis Bacon
Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.Francis Bacon
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.Fyodor Dostoevsky
