Francis Bacon

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."

"If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in mathematics."

"The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil."

"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse."

"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider."

"Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it."

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."

"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."

"For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics."

"Wonder is the seed of knowledge"

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."

"It is impossible to love and to be wise."

"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand--and melting like a snowflake..."

"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom."

"God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation."

"the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself."

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."