Francis Bacon

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association with the body in life but avoiding it… Practicing philosophy in the right way is a training to die easily.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.

I wish for you the wisdom to realize that forgiveness has nothing to do with an apology.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

It may be that we shall, by a process of sublime irony, have reached a stage in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

Sorrow makes us children again.

Leave the rest to the gods.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.