There were taken apples, and ... closed up in wax. ... After a month's space, the apple inclosed in was was as green and fresh as the first putting in, and the kernals continued white. The cause is, for that all exclusion of open air, which is ever predatory, maintaineth the body in its first freshness and moisture.
Francis BaconLove and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.
Francis BaconThe mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration.
Francis Bacon