More quotes by Francis Bacon

"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom."
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
"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..."