It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. – Francis Bacon
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon
This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon