The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.
Francis BaconThe genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer.
Francis BaconWe see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished?
Francis BaconA good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.
Francis Bacon