They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis BaconBegin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.
Francis BaconHe that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.
Francis BaconWhat, then, remains but that we still should cry, For being born, and, being born, to die?
Francis BaconTo conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.
Francis Bacon