Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
Francis BaconTherefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Francis BaconThe natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.
Francis BaconIt is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment
Francis Bacon