More quotes by Francis Bacon

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
"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..."
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider."
"For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics."
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."