But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Francis Bacon
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number... →
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
By indignities men come to dignities.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.