The colors that show best by candlelight are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green.
Francis BaconImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis BaconIt's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
Francis BaconThere was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.
Francis Bacon