We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon
But men must know, that in this theatre of mans life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. – Francis Bacon
Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into mens heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings. – Francis Bacon
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon