Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.
Francis BaconNo artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before the thing begins to sort itself out.
Francis BaconThe desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Francis BaconThe men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes the middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.
Francis Bacon