More quotes by Francis Bacon

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
"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."
"the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself."
"Wonder is the seed of knowledge"
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider."