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

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

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

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

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

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