Books must follow sciences, and not sciences b

— Francis Bacon

But it is not only the difficulty and labor which men take in finding out of truth, nor again that when it is found it imposed upon men's thoughts, that doth bring lies in favor; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself.

— Francis Bacon

By indignities men come to dignities

— Francis Bacon

By indignities men come to dignities.

— Francis Bacon

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

— Francis Bacon

Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

— Francis Bacon

Despise no new accident in your body, but ask opinion of it… There is wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s observation, what he finds good and of what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.

— Francis Bacon

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

— Francis Bacon

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

— Francis Bacon

For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.

— Francis Bacon