BACON, FRANCIS : If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. [The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.] (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

BACON, FRANCIS : They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

BACON, FRANCIS : The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

BACON, FRANCIS : Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

BACON, FRANCIS : Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

BACON, FRANCIS : Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

BACON, FRANCIS : We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)