Francis Bacon

The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief. ”

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. ”

It is natural to die as to be born. ”

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. ”

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. ”

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience. ”

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ”

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. ”

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. ”

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