About Francis Bacon:
Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.
Francis BaconPeople have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
Francis BaconFame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis BaconProsperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
Francis BaconFortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Francis BaconWrite down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Francis Bacon