More quotes by Francis Bacon

"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."
"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."
"Wonder is the seed of knowledge"
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider."