Francis Bacon

"Small kindnesses and small courtesies are the foundations of large goodness."

"Death is but the dissolution of the body; the soul is eternal."

"The beautiful is always in the beautiful."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time."

"To dream is to plant the seeds of tomorrow's success."

"Humour is the salt of conversation and the balm of life."

"The pursuit of excellence is a lifelong journey."

"Knowledge itself is power."

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

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

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice."

"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."

"Nature to be commanded must be obeyed."

"Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority."

"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education."

"Friendship is desirable in itself."

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

"The remedy for all blunting of the conscience is the love of truth."

"Silence is the virtue of fools."

"Money is like manure; it's not worth much unless it's spread around."

"It is impossible to love and be wise."

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations."

"Bad luck never comes alone."

"Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight."

"He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune."

"Seek ye first the good of others and truth will follow."

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

"The fortune of a man changes on a new moon."