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• Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were no
  but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men....
• Anger makes dull men witty--but it keeps them poor. -- Sir Francis Baco
• A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Atheism...
• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
  -- Francis Bacon, English philosopher (1561-1626)...
• Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Death...
• Anger makes dull men witty - but it keeps them poor. BACON
• Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Studie...
• Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Studie...
• Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...