As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. – Francis Bacon
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. – Francis Bacon
For my name and memory I leave to mens charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. – Francis Bacon
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. – Francis Bacon
All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent purr, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the same low, sullen growl. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866