Francis Bacon

"Knowledge itself is power."

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."

"Truth is like a torch, the more it's shook the more it shines."

"Nature itself cannot be ordered about except by obeying her."

"A man that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green."

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice."

"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread."

"The mind of man is this the place the seeds of actions are conceived."

"Silence is the virtue of fools."

"Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper."

"Crafts and trades are best learned by the young."

"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils."

"Errors like straws upon the surface flow."

"Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse."

"For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style."

"I have taken all knowledge to be my province."

"Beauty is the pilgrim's desire."

"The remedy is worse than the disease."

"Who ever desires to see his talents fully developed must first learn to bear criticism."

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts."

"To resolve to love again; to will to believe again; to choose hope again."

"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind about to religion."

"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall."

"I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them."

"A man preoccupied with his losses is incapable of acting with courage."

"Friendship redoubleth joys and cutteth griefs in half."

"The voice of the people is the voice of God."

"In the youth of a state, arms do flourish; in the middle age of a state, learning; and then both of them together for a time; in the decline of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise."

"Nature is not conquered except by obedience."