Francis Bacon

"The mind must be accustomed gradually to the contemplation of abstract truth."

"He that is too much in anything, so that he giveth another occasion of satiety, maketh himself cheap."

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

"Use delays; they rarely disappoint those who employ them."

"Presumption is our natural and original disease."

"It is as natural to die as to be born."

"Expense, and great expense, may be an essential to true economy."

"The human understanding resembles not a dry light, but admits a tincture of the will and passions."

"Words are the tokens current and accepted for conceits, as moneys are for values."

"Seek ye first the good of the other world, and the rest shall be added unto you."

"The office of the intellectual is to provide mankind with the ideas by which it will live."

"Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it."

"Knowledge is power only when it is put into action."

"It is impossible to love and to be wise."

"The spreading of himself upon generality, is one of the surest means of mediocrity."

"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."

"All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in making the connections."

"Strong natures have all the attributes of strong natures; they trust themselves instinctively."

"The remedy is worse than the disease."

"I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."

"The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections."

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."

"Some men are beholden to diseases only for the acquisition of knowledge."

"The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature, is inconstancy."

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

"Truth will always struggle up from error and falsehood; knowledge will always overcome ignorance."

"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."

"A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender."

"The human mind is like a rich soil that should be regularly tilled and sown with seed."

"These fragments I have spilled into your mind."