God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure. – Francis Bacon
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. – Francis Bacon
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. – Francis Bacon
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a mans own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. – Francis Bacon