More quotes by Francis Bacon

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom."
"the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself."
"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."
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."