Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. – Francis Bacon
In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a mans own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. – Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. – Francis Bacon
Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud. And the sky of the sky of a tree called life; Which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide. And this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart. I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart. – e.e. cummings