Francis Bacon

Opportunity makes a thief.

Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.

This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do.

For so many people, TV and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren’t like them. It becomes important for the world to see different images of each other, so that we can develop empathy and understanding.

Be a lamp, a lifeboat, a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

It’s a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Travel is a fools paradise.

Women tell men things that they are not likely to find out for themselves.

I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times that realization is frightening.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

It’s the ones that stayed after the Exodus, that I knew were real and could handle the truth; that would stay with me on my journey, for better or worse.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.