Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. - Francis Bacon

"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."

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

"Wonder is the seed of knowledge"

"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."