Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly.
Francis BaconAsk counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
Francis BaconThe human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds.
Francis BaconWe are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Francis Bacon