The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom.
Francis BaconOne of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.
Francis BaconTherefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Francis BaconThey are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis BaconIf any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over Nature as a worker rather than over hostile critics as a disputant; to attain, in fact, clear and demonstrative knowlegde instead of attractive and probable theory; we invite him as a true son of Science to join our ranks.
Francis Bacon