A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. – Francis Bacon
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. – Francis Bacon

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. – Francis Bacon
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. – 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
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon