The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.Francis Bacon
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.Francis Bacon
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.Francis Bacon
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.Francis Bacon
