Francis Bacon

"Nothing is more shameful than to distrust one's friends."

"All discord merely harmonies misunderstood."

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what others think you cannot do."

"In this life we will always encounter struggles. It's what defines us."

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."

"Fear makes men believe in God."

"Life itself is the proper binge."

"The mind of man is a thing of reason and also a thing of passion."

"Truth finds an enemy in him who interests in finding a liar."

"Riches are for spending."

"Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate."

"To be a philosopher is to be an orphan in spirit."

"Desire is the very essence of man."

"The advancement of learning is the highest human calling."

"A man were better relate himself to his country than his parents."

"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses."

"Light is the prime mover of the universe."

"Good fame is like the ivy, which grows upward when it seizes hold."

"Power itself is desirable and sought after."

"Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."

"The young and old must learn together."

"Nature is commanded by obeying her."

"Learning is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Every man bears two characters: the one he bears with himself, the other with the world."

"The remedy is worse than the disease."

"For a man to write well there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and practice the best writers."

"Custom is a second nature."

"Where the subject is one in which we are curious, reading is more apt to be pleasurable than painful."

"States are as the men, so are they."

"A man's religion is the chief consideration of his life."