Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. – Francis Bacon
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother. – Francis Bacon