Francis Bacon

A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds
hurt of, is the best physic read more

A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds
hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument read more

We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body
of any king.