Francis Bacon

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure.

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.

He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both.

They that deny a God destroy man’s nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual.

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

True irreverence is disrespect for another man’s god.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show…let me do it now.- William Penn

Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone.