Francis Bacon

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"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..."

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

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

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

"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."