Francis Bacon

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. ”

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors. ”

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. ”

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

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. ”

It is impossible to love and to be wise. ”

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. ”

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about. ”

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. ”

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. ”